Cuban Church more public in a changing culture
HAVANA (CNS) -- The Catholic Church that Pope Benedict XVI will visit March 26-28 is, to put it simply, more.
Since Pope John Paul II's visit in 1998, the Church is more unified, more public, more likely to work with the government in accomplishing specific goals, more involved in providing assistance to the Cuban people, more comfortable in its place in society. Its bishops, priests and laypeople, while still wary of pushing official tolerance too far, are more confident in teaching the faith in a way they believe can help shape the future of all of Cuba.
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