1995: Catholic Church-Czech Republic stake burnings

Pope John Paul II begs forgiveness in the Czech Republic for the Church’s role in stake burnings and the religious wars that followed the Protestant Reformation.

To: 
Czech Republic
From: 
Catholic Church
Year of Apology: 
1995
Footnote: 
Woodward, Kenneth L. “Who’s Sorry Now?” Newsweek. July 17, 1995; “Um, Sorry About That.” Time. October 13, 1997.