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Priest says Church in Cuba in position to propose transition from communism to free society

April 23, 2023 Catholic News Agency 4

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ACI Prensa Staff, Apr 23, 2023 / 08:00 am (CNA).
Only the Catholic Church in Cuba is in the position to lead a dialogue and propose a transition from communism to a free society, Father Alberto Reyes of the Archdiocese o… […]

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Which countries in the Americas do not celebrate Holy Week?

April 6, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

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ACI Prensa Staff, Apr 6, 2023 / 13:45 pm (CNA).
Holy Week is the most important time in the entire liturgical calendar of the Catholic Church. Many countries even declare holid… […]

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Cuban bishops ask the faithful to pray for the Church in Nicaragua on Ash Wednesday

February 22, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

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ACI Prensa Staff, Feb 22, 2023 / 16:00 pm (CNA).
The bishops of Cuba have called on the faithful to offer prayers on Ash Wednesday for the persecuted Church in Nicaragua, where the dictatorship of Daniel Ortega has exile… […]

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Four Latin American countries among the top 50 most dangerous in the world for Christians

January 19, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

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CNA Newsroom, Jan 19, 2023 / 15:00 pm (CNA).
The Open Doors organization has published an updated ranking of the top 50 countries in the world where Christians are most persecuted, and four Latin American nations hav… […]

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BREAKING: Supreme Court failed to find source of leaked opinion overturning Roe v. Wade

January 19, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

The scene outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., after the court released its decision in the Dobbs abortion case on June 24, 2022. Pro-abortion demonstrators gradually made up a decided majority of the crowd as the day wore on. / K… […]

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Biden announces crackdown on illegal immigration ahead of visit to El Paso

January 6, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

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Denver, Colo., Jan 6, 2023 / 17:15 pm (CNA).
President Joe Biden will visit the U.S.-Mexico border on Sunday, days after his administration announced several changes in immigration … […]

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Archbishop prays that the day will come when no Cuban will have to leave his country

December 20, 2022 Catholic News Agency 2

Members of the Cuban Coast Guard hand out life jackets to migrants on a drifting boat in Havana on Dec. 12, 2022. / Photo by YAMIL LAGE/AFP via Getty Images

CNA Newsroom, Dec 20, 2022 / 13:15 pm (CNA).
The archbishop of Santiago de Cuba, Dionis… […]

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Priest decries lack of religious freedom in Cuba

December 15, 2022 Catholic News Agency 0

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CNA Newsroom, Dec 15, 2022 / 13:06 pm (CNA).
Father Alberto Reyes, a priest of the Archdiocese of Camagüey, Cuba, charged that there is no religious freedom in the country, since the Office of Religious Affairs controls th… […]

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Cuban priest: Dignity comes from God, not the government

December 1, 2022 Catholic News Agency 3

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CNA Newsroom, Dec 1, 2022 / 16:30 pm (CNA).
Father Alberto Reyes, a priest of the Archdiocese of Camagüey, Cuba, recently shared a reflection on Facebook about human dignity as experienced in his homeland.He noted that “… […]

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The Church in Cuba will once again have Communion hosts thanks to donations of flour

November 17, 2022 Catholic News Agency 3

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CNA Newsroom, Nov 17, 2022 / 13:10 pm (CNA).
The Carmelite nuns in Cuba announced that thanks to the donations of wheat flour they have received in recent days, they will again be able to make the Comm… […]

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