The talk that Fr. Manuel Uña, O.P, gave to the Havana clergy was about the priest’s mission in a changing and complex Cuba. When specifying the three crises that in his consideration affect Cuba today, that of COVID-19, economic and political, Father Uña insisted that before them the Church cannot remain as a mere spectator, nor should it face the situation from out with excessive criticism. “These processes, he said, must be accompanied from within through dialogue. This requires ministers capable of understanding the fate of the sufferer and comforting him. He recalled that it is the pastors who are primarily responsible for the mission of mediating and dialogue at high levels: “A favorable solution will not be reached by impositions, nor by calling for confrontation, but when mutual listening is exercised, They seek common agreements and concrete and tangible steps are taken that contribute with the contribution of all Cubans, without exclusion, to build the homeland of all ”. He insisted on the need to propose ways of meeting and dialogue that can lead to reconciliation and peace as the only valid alternative. He stressed that any mission must free itself from enmity, which already infiltrates many aspects of life and encouraged priests to protect their spirits from the temptation of force, from the contamination of the heart and the contempt of our fellow men. “Let us be shepherds, brothers who strengthen our brother, accomplices of reconciliation and hope. Of that hope that is not utopia but the certainty of a future that is making its way between us ”. […]
