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Cuban dictatorship to interrogate EWTN correspondent a second time
The Cuban dictatorship’s National Revolutionary Police once again summoned Adrián Martínez Cádizfor an “interview” or interrogation on Nov. 16. Read more
Cuban dissident leader accuses dictatorship of sinking boat carrying migrants
A boat from Miami that made a run to pick up a group of Cuban migrants sank when it was... Read more
Shortage of wheat flour means no more Communion hosts in Cuba
“We have been working with the little flour that was left and what was in reserve has already run out,”... Read more
Cuban dictatorship fines EWTN correspondent and threatens him during interrogation
On Friday, the police of the dictatorship in Cuba interrogated Adrián Martínez Cádiz, EWTN correspondent in Havana, and later fined... Read more
Cuba threatens citizens to keep them from joining demonstrations
Eduardo Cardet, coordinator of the Christian Liberation Movement, charged that the residents of Velasco, a town in the Cuban province... Read more
EWTN correspondent in Cuba asks for prayers ahead of interrogation
Adrián Martínez Cádiz, who only started working with EWTN on Oct. 12, has asked his supporters to pray Psalm 91... Read more
Catholics launch initiative in Spain to help fleeing Cubans
With the increasing number of Cubans settling in Madrid, a group of Catholics has launched the Cobijo Project to welcome... Read more
Cuban dictatorship expels superior of Jesuits from the island
The Cuban dictatorship has expelled Father David Pantaleón, who served as superior of the Jesuits, from the island by not... Read more
Religious stand in solidarity with those arrested during repression of protests in Cuba
The Cuban Conference of Religious Men and Women posted a message of solidarity with the hundreds of citizens persecuted or... Read more
Archbishop asks Virgin Mary to intercede for release of jailed Cubans
Archbishop Dionisio García of Santiago de Cuba asked the Virgin Mary to move the hearts of those who can determine... Read more
Priest says worst poverty in Cuba is ‘lack of freedom’
In a recent interview with Aid to the Church in Need, Father Bladimir Navarro of Spain discussed the dire situation... Read more
Cuban bishops back freedom of expression ahead of protests
The Cuban bishops’ conference on Thursday indicated its support for the right of citizens to express themselves freely, without fear... Read more
Cuban priests urge authorities not to repress planned protests
A group of Cuban priests signed a letter addressed to the Cuban authorities Wednesday urging them not to use violence... Read more
Cuban socialism has been a failure and the left must face up to it, priest says
Fr. Alberto Reyes Pías, a priest of the Archdiocese of Camagüey, addressed Monday those who have leftist political preferences, asking... Read more
Spanish parish collects medicine to send to Cuba
A parish in metropolitan Valencia is preparing shipments of medicine to Cuba thanks to the generosity of hundreds of people... Read more
Cuban priest decries summary trials of protesters without a defense lawyer
Participants in last month’s protests of Cuba’s communist government are facing summary trials without adequate legal aid, a Jesuit priest... Read more
US bishops and priests in the Cuban diaspora send video message back home
In an eight-minute video, about 30 American bishops and priests of the Cuban diaspora sent their prayers and a message... Read more
CRS warns of ‘hunger pandemic’ afflicting the elderly in Cuba
The director of the Hispanic Development Unit of Catholic Relief Services (CRS), Ana Gloria Rivas-Vásquez, called for Catholics around the... Read more
Cuban government preparing a law regulating dissidents’ defense lawyers
Cuba’s communist government has drafted a law that would equate the role of dissidents’ defense lawyers with that of public... Read more
Archbishop prays to Our Lady of Charity for youth arrested amid Cuba protests
During Mass on Sunday the Archbishop of Santiago de Cuba prayed to Our Lady of Charity for the release of... Read more
