A Church That Chooses Seriousness and Serenity
With the entry into Cuba of covid-19, the Church insisted on an affective, spiritual follow-up and, in many cases, material support for food, grooming and medicines, to those who needed it most. This is the specific field in which you have expressed your charitable commitment during this period. It’s easy to say, but the experience we’ve experienced makes us think we’ve gone through “a real ordeal.” The arrival of covid-19 on the island at the beginning of the year added to a reality of crisis, a health situation that was already complex, even for countries with strong economies, in many of which it put its health systems in check. The disease entered and added to a complex scenario characterized by a shortage of medicines, food and a variety of necessities. In this same context, more sharpened, we continue, with the addition in these final months of the year, of the discontent expressed by some sectors of the population, especially intellectual, so that the Cuban State recognizes the right of citizens to dissent and freedom of expression. By the way, Palabra Nueva spoke with Msgr. Emilio Aranguren Echeverría, President of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of Cuba (COCC) and Bishop of the Diocese of Holguin. […]
