RELIGION
XIV Sunday of Ordinary Time
July 5, 2020 Jesus Christ, who is the Word, tells us today, “Come to me all who are tired and overwhelmed, and I will relieve you.” Readings First reading Reading the prophecy of Zechariah […]
Year: 2020
SOCIETY
The impossible closure: ethics and coronavirus in Cuba
Accompanied by personal and external experiences, the author makes an ethical assessment of Cuba’s current situation in times of pandemic. According to his judgment, the return to “normality” will involve essential changes in the life of the nation. For her, the key to success in the coming times is called integrity, respect for oneself and others in order to build a better country. “Cuba must be a homeland for all and not someone’s fiefdom,” he says.
CULTURE
The Quiet Islands: Topics of Insularity in Elisha Diego’s Poetry
A tribute to Elisha Diego in his centenary wants to be this article. The author rests in the poet’s verses to show us his tentative recurrence to the description of spaces that refer to the island and its edges. And it was Diego who was one of the intellectuals who nucleared around the group and the magazine Orígenes, and for whom, Cuba, as an island, had a transcendent dimension.
NEWS
Message from Cardinal Juan de la Caridad García Rodríguez, Archbishop of Havana
Message from Cardinal Juan de la Caridad García Rodríguez, Archbishop of Havana, with indications for the archdiocese, after the passage of this territory, on Friday, July 3rd, to the first phase of the post-pandemic recovery phase.
RELIGION
The Auxiliary Bishops of Havana IV
In this article, in addition to reviewing the situation of the Cuban Church in the eighties and nineties, Msgr. Antonio Rodríguez, our father Tony, stops at two figures: Msgr. Alfredo Víctor Petit Vergel and Msgr. Carlos Patricio Baladrón Valdés.
NEWS
Call for new income
From Palabra Nueva we share the New Entry Call for academic year 2020-2021 of the Institute of Ecclesiastical Studies Father Felix Varela.
CULTURE
When there are good slices left
In this time of obligatory gathering, the books have been excellent company. From Palabra Nueva we recommend reading Traspapelados Archives, title of Mirta Yáñez. The invitation is accompanied by a strong critero of this Cuban author: “Poor of those who in the rispidity of existence cannot count on the handle of an old poem or an ineffable character of literature. One might wonder whether much of the spiritual poverty that sometimes slaps us does not come from people devoid of the magical arsenal of imagination and poetry.”
RELIGION
XIII Sunday of Ordinary Time
Jesus Christ, the Word of the Father, calls us to lose our lives for Him in order to find his meaning in Him, which is true Life.
NEWS
A path of hope for the first Cuban Catholic broadcaster
Last Monday, June 22, he began his online broadcasts RCJ Radio “The Sound of Hope”. With the emergence of this first Cuban Catholic broadcaster, the Church on the island manages to broadcast radio content continuously from a digital platform. What was long a dream cherished, a group of young people has made it a concrete proposal that bets on evangelization through the media.
NEWS
For Sundays? Movies
“Movies don’t make the days but they can certainly make them better. Sundays, at least in Cuba, depend on the films one decides to see,” says film critic Daniel Céspedes. Sure that no Cuban television space can compete with the expansion of audiovisuals and other offers that promotes and distributes the package, Céspedes stops at the program Arte siete, a space whose reach and fidelity show the number of viewers who enjoy it as a family.