Posts Tagged ‘Cuba’
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Cuba: Church leaders denounce government threats to destroy church property in Camaguey
Leaders of the Apostolic Movement, a fast-growing unregistered network of protestant churches, have condemned threats by government officials to destroy church property in the central Cuban city of Camaguey.
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Pope to Mark 400th Anniversary of Cuban Shrine
Pope Benedict XVI arrives in Cuba Monday. His first stop will be near the eastern city of Santiago to mark the 400th anniversary of a religious icon there. The Virgin of Charity of El Cobre is venerated by many Cubans, regar...
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Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to Cuba benefits both Vatican and the Castros
(RNS) When Pope John Paul II visited Cuba in 1998, he called for the island nation "to open to the world and for the world to open to Cuba." Pope Benedict XVI now will walk in that wider doorway. The official reason for the tr...
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Pope: Church Ready to Help Cuba Move Away from Communism
Pope Benedict says the Catholic Church is ready to help Cuba move away from communism, saying the Marxist ideology no longer corresponds to reality.
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Pope to find challenges, opportunities in Cuba
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Two weeks before Pope Benedict XVI was scheduled to touch down in Cuba, a small group of protesters occupied a church in central Havana, asking that a message with their requests be delivered directly to...
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Pope Benedict XVI to visit Cuba, Mexico next year
Pope Benedict XVI confirmed today that he will travel to Cuba and Mexico next year. “Supported by divine Providence, I have the intention to make an apostolic trip to Mexico and Cuba before Easter,” he said at the end of his ho...
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Cuba’s Catholic Church brokers release of 52 political prisoners
The Roman Catholic Church announced recently that Cuba promised to release 52 political prisoners and will allow them to exile to another country. If they keep their promise this would be the largest mass liberation in the isla...