After Fidel Castro gained power in Cuba in 1959, he spent the next decade slowly imposing socialism on the country, including state atheism. In 1960, several Cuban Catholic bishops signed…
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Nearly 800 prisoners were pardoned from Cuban prisons at the behest of His Holiness Pope Francis A statement was released Tuesday from the Council of State headed by Cuban President…
Tropical storm Matthew has formed in the Caribbean and appears likely to brush the east coast of Florida. The storm is on track to strike most of the islands in…
President Obama, his wife and daughters met with the Archbishop of Havana, Cardinal Jaime Lucas Ortega on his first historic visit to the Island nation. President Obama’s three-day visit to…
U.S. President Barak Obama is trying to keep good on his 2008 campaign promise to close down the Notorious Guantanamo Prison. On Tuesday, he officially announced his intention to close down…
After Pope Francis’ visit as a “missionary of mercy,” Cuba is now in a prime moment to move forward in its relationship with the Church and work for the common…
The Pope reviewed his papal visit to Cuba and the US during his general audience in St Peter’s Square The family is the answer to the two extremes facing the…
The Pope spoke to reporters on his flight from Cuba to America Pope Francis defended his position on the economy, the environment and other social issues as faithful repetitions of…
Francis spent 45 minutes meeting with Cuba’s 17 bishops at the Shrine of Our Lady of Charity In one of the calmer, more intimate moments of his visit to Cuba,…
When he learned that a Pope would visit his city for the first time, Manuel Alejandro Rodríguez Yong dreamed of getting a white zucchetto to exchange with Pope Francis. Yong…
