Cuba
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A brotherly embrace brings pope and Russian patriarch together
By CINDY WOODEN, Catholic News Service
Published February 19, 2016HAVANA (CNS)—At long last, Pope Francis and Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill of Moscow embraced, kissing each other three times. “Finally,” the pope told the patriarch Feb. 12 as they met in a lounge at Havana’s Jose Marti International Airport. “We are brothers,” he told the patriarch. Amid the clicking of cameras and multiple flashes, Patriarch […]
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Pope calls for ‘revolution of tenderness’ in Cuba
By CINDY WOODEN, Catholic News Service
Published September 22, 2015SANTIAGO, Cuba (CNS)—Pope Francis called Cubans to a “revolution of tenderness” as he celebrated Mass in the Minor Basilica of the Shrine of Our Lady of Charity of El Cobre, the country’s patroness. While only about 60 percent of Cubans are baptized Catholics, the little statue of Our Lady of Charity, discovered 400 years ago, […]
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Holguin Catholics experience the unimaginable: papal Mass in public
By RHINA GUIDOS, Catholic News Service
Published September 22, 2015HOLGUIN, Cuba (CNS)—The scene would have been unimaginable a few years ago: A Catholic Mass in Holguin’s Revolution Plaza, where May Day parades and other patriotic events exalting the Cuban Revolution take place. But on Monday, Sept. 21, thousands flocked to the public space, also known as the Plaza Calixto Garcia Iniguez, and exalted Christ […]
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Pope urges Cuba’s youth to dream, priests, sisters to ‘love poverty’
By CINDY WOODEN, Catholic News Service
Published September 21, 2015HAVANA (CNS)—In a hot and steamy cathedral after listening to a Daughter of Charity talk about her work with people with severe disabilities, Pope Francis set aside his prepared homily and spoke about serving those the world considers “useless.” “Serving ‘the useless’ makes Jesus shine,” the pope said at an evening prayer service Sept. 20 […]