Cuba is preparing to greet Benedict XVI “with affection and respect”, and President Raul Castro has welcomed “with satisfaction” the official announcement of the Pope’s visit to the country, according to an official note released on Cuban media today. The visit is due to take place at the end of March 2012.
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Church making comeback in Cuba
Tuesday, October 4th, 2011
It’s been a year of resurrection for Cuba’s Roman Catholic Church. Last November, it opened a new seminary — the first since Fidel Castro’s communist revolution all but shut down the church 50 years ago. In May, Cuba’s bishops finished brokering the release of 115 political prisoners. Though education is strictly the role of the Read more