Month: September 2019

Just over a week after the Consistory in Rome that will elevate him to the Cardinalate, for the Archbishop of Havana, Monsignor Juan de la Caridad García, his unexpected appointment represents a commitment of greater dedication to the Church and to his faithful.

In other words, the Catholic writer Roberto Méndez, who served as presenter, “Eusebio Leal is one of those intellectuals who comes down from his cognitive pedestal to walk with his people, and that love of the simple finds a reciprocal retribution in the streets of his beloved Havana”.

The religious ceremony was presided over by Cardinal Angelo Becciu, current Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints and who was Apostolic Nuncio in Cuba from 2009 to 2011, when he was appointed Substitute of the Vatican Secretariat of State.

Letter to Archbishop John of Charity by Pope Francis

Dear brothers at the end of life will not examine us if we are right in decisions and whether the projects came to fruition, no; we will be questioned for the love placed in each of our actions and words; a love that at first glance may not have been able to be considered or valued, but God sees everything and knows what each heart holds.

Cuba will certainly remain in my heart, in my prayers and in my affection.

The people await the image of Our Lady of Charity of Copper that every 8 September leaves its diocesan Shrine and Minor Basilica.