Havana
New cardinals: The men are the message
By Thomas Reese — September 12, 2019
(RNS) — By making these men cardinals, the pope is handing them megaphones.
Cuba restores oldest Jewish cemetery as Havana is spruced up
By Andrea Rodriguez — June 25, 2019
HAVANA (AP) — Slowly, the oldest Jewish cemetery in Cuba is beginning to be rehabilitated, along with the memory of many of the island's early Jewish forebears.
As Cuba readies for Pope Francis’ visit, Catholicism thrives again
By Reuters — September 17, 2015
The church -- repressed for decades after Fidel Castro's 1959 revolution -- now has more autonomy than any organization outside the Communist Party.
Pope arrives in Cuba, blasts economic ‘selfishness’
By Tracy Gordon — March 26, 2012
VATICAN CITY (RNS) On his arrival in Cuba, Pope Benedict XVI renewed the Catholic church's pledge to work with the Communist government in order to help the island look at the future, and criticized the "ambition and selfishness" which engendered the global economic crisis. By Alessandro Speciale.
Pope to find challenges, opportunities in Cuba
By Tracy Gordon — March 19, 2012
VATICAN CITY (RNS) The 13 Cubans who occupied a church in Central Havana left after being assured they wouldn't be detained by police, and the incident shows the challenges that Pope Benedict XVI will find in Cuba this weekend. By Alessandro Speciale.
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