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 »
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Sancti Spiritus Catholics to Attend Masses in Havana and Holguin
Nearly 1 000 residents of Sancti Spiritus, central Cuba, ready to attend the masses that Pope Francis will hold in Havana and Holguin cities.»
Pope Francis to Share Faith and Hope with Cubans
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 »
Cuba Television to Broadcast Pope Francis Message to the Cuban People
Cuban television information system will broadcast this September 17th a message sent by Pope Francis to the Cuban people, on occasion of his upcoming visit to the island, it was officially informed. The message will be transmitted at 20:30 local time as part of the broad information so far released in the country about the apostolic visit that His Holiness »
Granma Editorial Highlights Visit of Pope Francis to Cuba
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.»
Cuba: Diaz-Canel Meets with Religious Leaders
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. »
Cardinal Ortega Calls on Cubans to Welcome Pope Francis
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.»
Pope Francis’s Visit to Cuba to Be a Call to Mercy
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.»
Cuba Welcomes Visit of Pope Francis
Cubans all over the country are ready to welcome the Holy Father who will be visiting the island from September 19th to 22nd.»
Cuba: The Basilica of El Cobre Readies to Welcome Pope Francis
The Basilica of El Cobre located in the province of Santiago de Cuba is getting ready to welcome Pope Francis and will offer a mass on September 22nd in the church located 18 kilometers from the center of the city.»