Seven Cuban prisoners released
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MADRID — Seven political prisoners released by the Cuban government, some accompanied by family members, arrived in Madrid July 13, the first of 52 prisoners released in a deal partially brokered by the Catholic Church in Cuba.
The men flashed fingers in a victory sign and said in a joint statement they hoped their 45 fellow prisoners would be released soon.
Catholics can "take some holy pride that the bishops of Cuba were in this mediation," Miami Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski told Catholic News Service in a telephone interview July 8.
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