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My first Mass
By Jesús Arboleya Cervera
HAVANA - Although I was baptized Jesús (for reasons that I was never curious enough to find out), my personal contacts with the Catholic Church have been…
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Anti Castro activist condemns the blockade and urges support for the budding private sector
Carlos Saladrigas appeals for an end to confrontation
By Gerardo Arreola
From La Jornada
Cuban American businessman Carlos Saladrigas, who over a decade ago was a prominent anti Castro!-->>!-->>!-->>…
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Training U.S. doctors – in Cuba
This week, because of Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to Cuba, MSNBC brought their cameras and crews to Havana. During one of the tapings they interviewed U.S. students participating in…
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Cordial meeting between the Pope and Fidel
By Manuel Alberto Ramy
“Very cordial,” was how Vatican spokesman Father Lombardi described the meeting between His Holiness Benedict XVI and Cuban leader Fidel Castro Ruz.
According to…
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Miami Archbishop Thomas Wenski interviewed in Havana, Cuba
Miami Archbishop Wenski celebrated mass at the cathedral in Havana on Tuesday, March 27.
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Catholics in Cuba, no longer shunned, seek a new role
By William Booth
From The Washington Post
HAVANA — Here in the working-class parish of Jesus de Monte, even the atheists come to church.
For the free computer classes.
Once shunned,…
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Poverty in Cuba
By Raúl A. Sandoval González
HAVANA - In Cuba, no statistics are published about poverty.
That causes many people, both inside and outside the country, to wonder: is there no…
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An opinion about a Papal statement
By Manuel Alberto Ramy
Marxism, which is nothing more than an instrument of analysis for society, was condemned by the Catholic Church more than a century ago. Leon XIII's papal…
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Vatican: Pope’s Cuba trip should help democracy
From The Associated Press
VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican's No. 2 has dismissed suggestions that Cuba's Communist government could exploit Pope Benedict XVI's upcoming trip as a…
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‘Jesus Christ was Cuban’
By Aurelio Pedroso
GUATEMALA CITY – Daniel Piñol is a Guatemalan boy who has just celebrated his seventh birthday. He can feel pride in the fact that his father is a descendant of one…
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