Communist Cuba makes Good Friday a national holiday-CathNews NZ

Communist Cuba makes Good Friday a national holiday

Friday, March 22nd, 2013

For the second year in a row, Cuba’s communist government has declared Good Friday a national holiday.

The gesture came days after President Raul Castro welcomed the appointment of Pope Francis as the first-ever Latin American pontiff.

Last year the Cuban government observed a holiday on Good Friday as an “exceptional” gesture following a request by Pope Benedict XVI, who had just visited the island in March.

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