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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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From John Paul II to Benedict XVI
By Jesús Arboleya Cervera
HAVANA –Although John Paul II characterized himself by an itinerant proselytism that took him to many countries in the world, and Cuba was one of the last,…
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Cuba, the Pope and the sun spots
By Elsa Claro
HAVANA – Out of a desire for notoriety, rather than expressing conviction or certainty, some news sources and their broadcast media are virtually accusing Pope Benedict…
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The chocolate padlock
Water in a basket
The chocolate padlock
By Dalia Céspedes
HAVANA – Today my soul is in mourning because it saw a padlock on the door to a school. Needless to say, I cannot explain to…
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Vatican condemns U.S. blockade; new details emerge about church sit-in
From the Havana bureau of Radio Progreso Alternativa
The Holy See on Friday (16) condemned the U.S. blockade against Cuba in a statement previous to the visit that Pope Benedict XVI…
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