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News summary 2015

Visit of Pope Francis to Cuba S.S Francis to Cuba

– HOMILY IN HOLY MASS IN THE PLAZA DE LA REVOLUCION, HAVANA

– WORDS IN THE PRAYER OF THE ANGELUS IN THE HOLY MASS IN THE PLAZA DE LA REVOLUCION, HAVANA

– Original speech, planned by Pope Francis to deliver at the celebration of Vespers with priests, religious men and women and seminarians.

– Improvised words by Pope Francis, after listening to Cardinal Jaime Ortega and Sister Yaileny Ponce Torres.

– Original greeting, planned by Pope Francis to deliver at the meeting with young people.

– Improvised words by Pope Francis, after listening to Father Yosvany Carvajal and the young Catholic Leonardo Manuel Fernández Otaño.

– WORDS OF THANKS FROM CARDINAL JAIME ORTEGA ALAMINO, ARCHBISHOP OF HAVANA, TO POPE FRANCIS, AT THE HOLY MASS

PHOTO GALLERIES

Interview with Cardinal Jaime Ortega Alamino

“Look, Jorge, you are going to be Pope this afternoon.”
and I want to tell you something”

In this quiet work that led to the release of prisoners held by both countries, Cardinal Jaime Ortega Alamino, archbishop of Havana, has been the protagonist. In this interview held in Rome during the last consistory, Ortega details the steps that led to the end of the embargo and reveals the conversation between Barack Obama and Francisco about Cuba. “The Pope told him a phrase of great importance: ‘Look, this is not only good for the people of Cuba, who have suffered a lot, but for his Government and for his person, for his country’s policy with Latin America. Latin America is united and rejects the blockade. Your country’s politics passes through Latin America. “If there is no solution, you will continue to be very distant from Latin America.” read