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His Holiness Kirill Pays Pastoral Visit to Cuba (+photos)

Raúl Castro Ruz, president of Cuba’s Councils of Ministers and State, this afternoon received at José Martí International Airport His Holiness Kirill, who is making his first pastoral visit to the island as Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church. Also present for the welcome were Esteban Lazo Hernández, member of the Political Bureau and president of the National Assembly of »

Pope Francis Makes History Adressing US Congress

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Pope Francis asked U.S. Congress members today for a more responsible attitude towards the environment , to support immigrants and abolish death penalty, during his speech before the U.S. Congress.»

Pope Francis Leaves Cuba, USA Next Destination

Raul Castro Ruz, president of the Councils of State and Ministers, bid farewell to Pope Francis at Santiago de Cuba’s International Airport “Antonio Maceo” after four days of His Holiness stay in Cuba, where he held Masses in Havana, Holguin and in the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Charity of El Cobre. Pope Francis in Santiago de Cuba: The Church »

Pope Francis in Santiago de Cuba: The Church Should Build Bridges

When celebrating the Holy Mass this Tuesday morning at the Minor Basilica of the Shrine Our Lady of La Caridad del Cobre, the Bishop of Rome said he wanted a church to come out of the temples to accompany life, sustain hope, accompany all the embarrassing situations of our people, committed to life, culture, society. He stressed that the Church »

Pope Francis Celebrates Holy Mass in Santiago de Cuba

Pope Francis, Missionary of Mercy who’s currently visiting Cuba as part of his tenth international trip, celebrated this Tuesday morning the Holy Mass at the Basilica Menor de Nuestra Señora de la Caridad del Cobre, in Santiago de Cuba, where he arrived yesterday night from the city of Holguin. The mass was attended by Cuban President Raul Castro, who was »

Pope Francis Holds Mass in Holguin

After arriving in Holguin and greeting the crowd that awaited him since early morning, Pope Francis began the celebration of the mass at Major General Calixto García Iñiguez Revolution Square, first of this kind ever held in this place. Cuba President Raul Castro is attending the mass, as he did yesterday in Havana, along with local Party and governmental authorities, »

Pope Francis Arrives in Holguin to Hold Second Mass in Cuba

Around nine thirty this morning, September 21st, Pope Francis arrived in Holguin, where he will celebrate a historic mass, in the first visit ever made by a Bishop of Rome to this Cuban city. The Holy Father was welcomed at the local Frank Pais Internacional Airport by Cuban First Vice President Miguel Diaz-Canel, and by authorities of Holguin Diocese. The »