Vatican wants Czech church more active in health, social care

The Vatican would like the Czech church to play a bigger role in social and health care services, Czech Health Minister Leos Heger told CTK after his talks in the Vatican on Wednesday. Most of the money that the Czech state would pay to churches as compensation for confiscated real estate under the bill on property settlement should go to care for the sick, dying and other people in need, Heger said. The Czech government approved the bill on the return of property to churches last year, but parliament has not yet passed it.