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Reflections on Pope Benedict’s Visit to Cuba
Aug 27, 2012 5:41
The miter leans slightly with the rhythm of the ritual, leaving his back exposed to the stone face of José Martí. On the...
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Andrés Carrión describes his anti-Castro shouts during papal visit in Cuba
Apr 30, 2012 6:07
Andrés Carrión, the man who shouted “Freedom!” “Down with communism!” and other anti-Castro slogans on March 26,...
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After pope’s trip, Catholic bishops seek end to Cuba embargo
Apr 20, 2012 9:35
Following Pope Benedict XVI’s recent trip to Cuba, U.S. Catholic bishops are pushing the State Department to lift the 50-year...
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More than 1,100 Cubans reported detained during papal visit
Apr 18, 2012 4:39
Cuban police carried out 1,158 political detentions in March – mostly to keep dissidents away from Pope Benedict XVI...
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A pope of ironies in Cuba and Mexico
Apr 11, 2012 5:19
Although Pope Benedict XVI’s March 23-28 outing to Mexico and Cuba officially constituted one voyage, in reality it was...
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On the pope’s trip to Cuba… What would Jesus have done?
Apr 9, 2012 7:59
It is a simple question that Catholics are taught to ask themselves as children: What would Jesus do? Perhaps no better metric...
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Oppenheimer: The pope and the Castros
Apr 2, 2012 9:05
Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to Cuba will not produce much change, but everybody — the Pope, the Cuban military regime,...
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Shout of ‘Freedom!’ paid for with beating instead
Apr 2, 2012 9:00
He is the man who stood up amid the crowd before a papal Mass in Cuba and shouted “Freedom!” If his intention was to...
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Wenski, pilgrims return from Cuba after pope visit
Mar 30, 2012 5:46
Calling his trip to Cuba “a wonderful pilgrimage” and “a beautiful experience,” Miami Archbishop Thomas Wenski predicted...
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Pope urges greater openings in vast Cuban Mass
Mar 30, 2012 5:01
Pope Benedict XVI demanded more freedom for the Catholic Church in communist-run Cuba and preached against “fanaticism’’...
