Miloslav Vlk (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Miloslav Vlk (born 17 May 1932) is the Archbishop Emeritus of Prague, and was considered a papabile (i.e. a possible candidate for a new Pope) to succeed John Paul II. Vlk was born in the hamlet of Li nice, part of Sepekov parish, in the Pisek District of Southern Bohemia. He spent his childhood in Zalu i near Chy ky, where he attended elementary school and experienced the hard labour of farm work. At the age of 11, he first started thinking about the priesthood. This initial idea of a priestly vocation came to him because he felt particularly challenged by a poster hanging in his parish church that continued to attract his attention. The poster said: 'Wouldn't you like to become a priest?'. That goal seemed unattainable at the time, so he dreamed of becoming an aircraft pilot.