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7 Jun 2013

Latin American and Cuban churches seek unity in 'concrete gestures'

Latin American and Cuban churches have called for 'an ecumenism of concrete gestures' at a recent regional meeting in Havana.
14 Dec 2012

US blockade on Cuba halts major Latin American church gathering

The United States economic blockade against Cuba has forced the postponement of the 6th General Assembly of the Latin American Council of Churches
22 Mar 2012

Challenges and opportunities await Pope Benedict in Cuba

His trip to Cuba will be the pontiff's second visit to Latin America, home to almost half of the world's Catholics. Benedict XVI visited Brazil in 2007.
7 Feb 2012

Cuban blogger blocked from travelling abroad

Amnesty International says Cuba must reform an arbitrary exit permit scheme affecting all Cubans, after a prominent blogger was again blocked from travelling abroad.
9 Dec 2011

US and Cuban church leaders seek 'normalised relations'

Church leaders from the US and Cuba have wrapped up a five-day meeting in Havana with a call for "normalised relations" between the two countries.
5 Dec 2011

WCC workshop explores 'transformative masculinities'

This culture of violence against women has been strongly challenged in a World Council of Churches workshop on “transformative masculinities”.
8 Jun 2011

Cuban churches adjusting to post-Castro era

As Cuba moves toward a post-Fidel Castro society, its churches are finding ways to "give a Christian witness with integrity" in a state-controlled country.
20 Jan 2011

US churches back new Obama policy towards Cuba

The general secretary of the US National Council of Churches has welcomed a White House decision lifting travel restrictions between the United States and Cuba.
7 Nov 2010

First new Catholic seminary in 50 years inaugurated in Cuba

Cuba's Catholic bishops have inaugurated the country's first major church-related construction in the half century since Fidel Castro's revolution.
18 Aug 2010

Mother of dead hunger striker banned from marking son's death

Amnesty International calls for an end to the harrassment of the mother of a Cuban prisoner of conscience who died following a hunger strike.

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