Repression
Por 14ymedio
The three activists of the Patriotic Union of Cuba (UNPACU) arrested on Sunday during Pope Francis’s Mass in the Plaza of the Revolution in Havana remain on hunger strike, according to a ...
Repression
Por 14ymedio
The Patriotic Union of Cuba (UNPACU) denounced on Wednesday the arrest of 142 of its members during Pope Francis’s visit to the island, which concluded yesterday. The total number of detainees ...
Letter to 14ymedio
Por Jorge Guillén
Pope Francis left Cuba and left us several important messages. He spoke to us of service to others, mercy, love, and humility. However, more than words, his ideas also came with gestures and ...
Chronicle
Por Manuel Mons
Several months ago, when the young students of Father Felix Varela Cultural Center learned about Pope Francis’ visit to Cuba, joy spread among us. Especially when we learned that the Pope’s ...
English Edition
Por Yoani Sánchez
The Cuban leader, Raul Castro, has accompanied Pope Francis at all his Masses during his tour of the island. From the one celebrated in Havana’s Plaza of the Revolution to the words pronounced ...
Society
Por Fernando Donate Ochoa
On Monday, while thousands of people waited in Holguin’s Plaza Calixto Garcia for Pope Francis to celebrate Mass, hundreds of others took advantage of the opportunity to buy the delicacies that ...
Papal Visit
Por Rolando M. García
Jorge Mario Bergolgio’s trip through Santiago de Cuba has left many of the faithful frustrated as they were not able to hear his homily in a public square, as had happened in Havana and Holguín. ...
Papal Visit
Por EFE, 14ymedio
Pope Francis said Tuesday that during his stay in Cuba he had no plans to grant audiences to “anyone,” on being questioned about why he had not held a meeting with members of the Cuban ...
Society
Por EFE, 14ymedio
In his homily at the Plaza of the Revolution of the eastern city of Holguín – the second leg of his trip to Cuba – Pope Francis praised the role that “mission houses” play in the face of a ...
Interview with Marcos Pirán Gómez
Por Fernando Donate Ochoa
He shares both his faith and Argentine citizenship with Pope Francis, yet Father Marcos Pirán Gómez is not on Cuban soil for just a few days. He has been living on the island for fifteen years, ...