PRAGUE - Pope John Paul arrived in Prague yesterday, saying he hoped his visit to the Czech Republic would bring a new step forward in the spiritual growth of all Czechs.
The 76 year old Pontiff, on his third visit to Prague since the fall of communism in 1989, was greeted at the airport by President Vaclav Flavel and other Czech political and religious leaders.
The Pope is in the Czech Republic chiefly to mark the 1,000th anniversary of the death of St Adalbert, the first Czech bishop, who also took the gospel to Poland.