The priest who died for a miracle Admin Thursday, February 26, 2015 Fr. Josuf Toufar witnessed to a miracle in Czechoslovakia in the 1940s and was beaten to death by Communist police for refusing to recant what he and his parishioners saw. © 2024 The Catholic Thing. All rights reserved. For reprint rights, write to: [email protected] The Catholic Thing is a forum for intelligent Catholic commentary. Opinions expressed by writers are solely their own.