Havana, Cuba, Apr 12, 2005 / 22:00 pm
Father Jose Conrado of the parish of St. Teresa of Jesus said this week the message pronounced by the Archbishop of Santiago, Cuba, Pedro Meurice, during the Papal visit of 1998 continues to apply to the country today.
Speaking to the website Encuentro en la Red, Father Conrado explained that “the people of Cuba continue to suffer a very difficult situation.”
A few days ago during a televised address, Fidel Castro referred to the discourse by Archbishop Meurice and said his regime “held no resentment against that archbishop,” and that it is “willing to forget” the words he pronounced on January 24, 1998, before the Holy Father during his visit to the island.
Father Conrado said the archbishop’s discourse is “absolutely valid” because what he said “was no different from what the Pope said.”