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(Telegraph) Czech priest and former dissident Tomáš HalÃk wins £1.1m Templeton prize
An underground priest who defied the Communist regime in the former Czechoslovakia has won world’s biggest annual prize for his work promoting religious understanding.
Monsignor Professor Tomáš HalÃk, a philosopher and theologian, has been named as winner of the £1.1 million Templeton Prize for 2014.
He follows in the footsteps of Archbishop Desmond Tutu and the Dalai Lama, both recent recipients of the award which recognises efforts to affirm “life’s spiritual dimension”.
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