Pope: Cuba, a calling to encounter. “The natural vocation of Cuba, an archipelago facing in all directions, is to be a point of encounter for all peoples to join in friendship.” Those were the first …More
Pope: Cuba, a calling to encounter.
“The natural vocation of Cuba, an archipelago facing in all directions, is to be a point of encounter for all peoples to join in friendship.” Those were the first words of Pope Francis on his arrival at the airport in Havana, the first stage of the Apostolic Voyage that will also take him to the United States. He was welcomed, under a light rain that tempered the heat, by Cuban president Raul Castro, the Bishops of Cuba, and a group of young people, “the youth of Christ.” In his greeting, Castro thanked the Pope for promoting the opening of a dialogue with the United States, and called for an end to the economic embargo, which he called “immoral and unjust.” The Pope immediately emphasized that the no ...
“The natural vocation of Cuba, an archipelago facing in all directions, is to be a point of encounter for all peoples to join in friendship.” Those were the first words of Pope Francis on his arrival at the airport in Havana, the first stage of the Apostolic Voyage that will also take him to the United States. He was welcomed, under a light rain that tempered the heat, by Cuban president Raul Castro, the Bishops of Cuba, and a group of young people, “the youth of Christ.” In his greeting, Castro thanked the Pope for promoting the opening of a dialogue with the United States, and called for an end to the economic embargo, which he called “immoral and unjust.” The Pope immediately emphasized that the no ...