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 »
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, 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 »
“I am leaving with the faithful hope that Santiago will always be Santiago”, said Raul Castro at the main event on the 62nd anniversary of the attacks on the Moncada Garrison, in Santiago de Cuba.»
The show, held at the city’s central Parque Céspedes, paid tribute to relevant historic figures like Antonio Maceo. »
Attended by delegations from 42 countries and over 300 participants from the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, the guest of honor, the 35th Caribbean Festival, which will run until July 9, began on Friday.»
With a gala at the Heredia Theater, the 33rd International Caribbean Festival begins in Santiago de Cuba, an event uninterruptedly held for nearly 35 years as a meeting point among the cultures of the peoples of the region.»
Cuban President Raul Castro presided over on Monday a political and military ceremony marking the 55 anniversary of the opening of the Frank Pais 2nd Eastern Guerrilla Front.»
President Raul Castro visited some areas damaged by hurricane Sandy in the eastern Cuban province of Santiago de Cuba, where he checked the progress of the recovering work, revealed the national media today.»
The devastated city was in need of assistance, and dedicated work, and that was precisely the mark left by the almost 50-men brigade from Sancti Spiritus’s engineering forces in that eastern Cuban territory.»
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