HOLY FATHER

Pope Francis said that people in Cuba is a people that keep walking in hope, when celebrating the Holy Mass at Havana’s Jose Marti Revolution Square, the first of his tenth international tour which was started this Saturday in the Caribbean island. Before the presence of Cuba President Raul Castro and Argentinian Head of State Cristina Fernández, religious authorities, residents »

Pope Francis arrived in Cuba on his tenth trip abroad, which also includes a visit to the United States, where it will be until September 27th. The Alitalia flight AZ4000 that brought him from Rome touched Cuban soil at 15:51 local time with flags of the Vatican and Cuban waving in the cockpit.  He was welcome at Havana Jose Marti »

The Cuban people welcome today Pope Francis, a son of Our America whose principles about the need to save the planet and combat inequalities spark off admiration in the world. The Head of the Catholic Church will fulfill a broad pastoral activities program in the Cuba, where he will say Masses in the cities of Havana, Holguin and Santiago de »

This Saturday afternoon, after being officially welcomed at Havana’s Jose Marti Airport by Cuba’s highest governmental authorities, Pope Francis, the Supreme Pontiff of the Catholic Church and Head of State of Vatican City, will start a pastoral visit that has raised great expectation between both believers and nonbelievers, and that will take him to three cities of the island: La »

Nearly 1 000 residents of Sancti Spiritus, central Cuba, ready to attend the masses that Pope Francis will hold in Havana and Holguin cities.»

I’m coming to visit you to share faith and hope, said Pope Francis in a video-message to the people of Cuba, aired by Cuban television. His Holiness, the first Latin American Pope, stressed the impetus of Cubans in the face of everyday difficulties and said that his knowing of this makes him feel good. I wish to send you fraternal »

The presence in Cuba of Pope Francis will confirm the good state of relations between the Cuban government and the Holy See, which marked the 80 anniversary of permanent relations, reads an editorial article on Granma newspaper on Tuesday.»

Miguel Diaz-Canel, member of the Politburo of the Cuban Communist Party and First Vice-president of the councils of State and Ministers, met on Monday in Havana with about 100 representatives of religious institutions, fraternal associations and ecumenical organizations of the country.  »

Havana’s Archbishop Cardinal Jaime Ortega called on Cubans to welcome Pope Francis with an open and receptive spirit, ahead of the Holy Father’s visit to the island from September 19th to 22nd.»

Monsignor Dionisio Garcia, Archbishop of Santiago de Cuba, stressed that the upcoming visit of Pope Francis to the island will be a call for generosity and mercy.»