The following is the telegram of condolence sent by the Holy Father to Archbishop Jan Graubner, metropolitan of Praha (Prague), Czech Republic, on the death on Tuesday 4 November 2025 of His Eminence Cardinal Dominik Duka, O.P., metropolitan archbishop emeritus of Praha, of the Title of Santi Marcellino e Pietro:

Telegram

HIS MOST REVEREND EXCELLENCY

ARCHBISHOP JAN GRAUBNER

OF PRAHA

HAVING LEARNED OF THE DEATH OF CARDINAL DOMINIK DUKA, O.P., ARCHBISHOP EMERITUS OF PRAHA, I WISH TO EXPRESS MY CLOSENESS TO THE ECCLESIAL COMMUNITY, HIS CONFRERES IN THE ORDER OF PREACHERS, THE PRIESTS, THE RELIGIOUS AND THE FAITHFUL WHO FOUND IN HIM A PASTOR FORGED IN THE FAITH AND AN INTREPID PROCLAIMER OF THE GOSPEL.

I GIVE THANKS TO GOD FOR HIS INTENSE PASTORAL WORK, RECALLING WITH ADMIRATION HIS COURAGE IN THE PERIOD OF PERSECUTION WHEN, DEPRIVED OF HIS FREEDOM, HIS FOLLOWING OF CHRIST NEVER FALTERED. WITH A FATHER’S HEART HE LED THE PEOPLE OF GOD, PROMOTING RECONCILIATION, RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AND DIALOGUE BETWEEN FAITH AND SOCIETY. HIS EPISCOPAL MINISTRY, BASED ON THE DOMINICAN CHARISM OF TRUTH AND CHARITY, AS WE ARE REMINDED BY HIS MOTTO, IN SPIRITU VERITATIS, REMAINS AN EXAMPLE OF FAITHFUL DEVOTION TO THE MISSION.

AS I ENTRUST THE SOUL OF THIS GOOD AND GENEROUS SERVANT TO DIVINE MERCY, PRAYING THAT THE LORD RECEIVE HIM IN THE JOY OF HIS KINGDOM, I IMPART MY HEARTFELT APOSTOLIC BLESSING TO THOSE WHO MOURN HIS PASSING AND PARTICIPATE IN THE FUNERAL.

LEO PP. XIV