CULTURE
The Two Days of Pius on Earth
Chance made me meet in Guadalajara, at the home of my Cuban-Mexican friend Waldo Saavedra, when one of my references in journalism – his reports in Juventud Rebelde marked time when I wrote my first […]
Month: February 2019
RELIGION
Havana’s oldest church
Havana of the sixteenth century was formed by small rooms where houses were built, first of table and guano, after masonry or singing stones and ceilings of wooden coffered more or less elaborate; on these […]
RELIGION
Saint Wonders of Jesus
Too many names for a simple soulMaría Maravillas Pidal y Chico de Guzmán was born in the still quiet Madrid of the late nineteenth century, on November 4, 1891. His father was Don Luis Pidal […]
SOCIETY
Did Columbus leave Cuba or did they take him?
A few years ago I saw myself in front of a collection of photos of monuments dedicated to Christopher Columbus. In all appeared a tribute to the navigator and by his side, the friend who […]
SOCIETY
Tornado, charity and three sad rule stories
Jorge Luis Hernández doesn’t have a roof to protect himself. Fibrocement shingles that previously fulfilled this function ended up somewhere far from Regla thanks to the tornado that was covered in his small house. Now, […]
RELIGION
A multiplied blessing
Many are the feelings that populate these lines. When the memories of World Youth Day come to mind, I try to catch them so that a part of them is irretrievably left in these lines.These […]
NEWS
CULTURE
A Sagittarius emulo
In Cuba it is well known from Frank Padrón (Pinar del Río, 1958): essayist, art critic and cultural promoter. For twenty years Frank has been the host and critical commentator of the television space Cine […]
SOCIETY
Havana caritas reaches out
After feeding up to 800 people daily, dining services ended, as most beneficiaries can already cook in their homes. […]
RELIGION
Message from The Holy Father Francis for World Social Communications Day
“We are members of each other” (Eph 4.25) From social media communities to the human community Dear brothers and sisters: Since the Internet has been available, the Church has always s tried to promote its […]