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RELIGION

Allocution September 27, 2020

27 September, 2020 Webmáster 0
Cardinal Juan de la Caridad García, Archbishop of Havana, stated in his stay on this Sunday, September 27th, that many people, in saying yes to God, have also said yes to their family, their neighbors, their peoples and their churches. Among the examples of these “permanent yes” he recalled to marriages of many years of marriage; to the children who have remained with their older fathers until the last minute of their lives and to the Virgin Mary who accepted the will of God the Father to be the Mother of her Son made man.

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RELIGION

Catechesis of the General Audience of S.S. Francisco

24 September, 2020 Webmáster 0
In the catechesis of the General Audience on 23 September, held in the courtyard of San Dámaso in the Vatican, Pope Francis referred to the issue of how are we going to get out of this crisis? In an earlier catechesis he referred to solidarity as an important element in addressing this moment of difficulty. Today he said: “there is no true solidarity without social participation, without the contribution of the intermediate bodies: of families, of associations, of cooperatives, of small businesses, of expressions of civil society.”

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CULTURE

Film and children

24 September, 2020 Webmáster 0
The complicated and troubling movie and childhood duet deals with HBO’s new documentary film “The Kids of Hollywood.” It is not the first time that the presence of children in cinema has been the subject of other materials, but now we are offered an audiovisual well focused on the event. From how the casting process in Hollywood works for infants to the impact of being bewitched, to the letter, by the siren chants of America’s film industries.

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SOCIETY

Tactics and strategy

22 September, 2020 Webmáster 0
This could be the story of any mother, professional or not, committed to the mission of cultivating authentic values in her children to nurture and at the same time offer to the society where they live. Today, when technology absorbs many of our children, it would be healthy not to compete with this reality. It is about using it in our favor, as a tool for formation, which, of course, presupposes a change of paradigam in thought, attitude and action.

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RELIGION

Allocution, Sunday, September 20, 2020

20 September, 2020 Webmáster 0
In this Sunday’s radio allocution, September 20, Cardinal Juan de la Caridad García, Archbishop of Havana, invited the faithful to present to God what was received from Him and promise to develop him and make him grow to put him at the service of all selflessly. He recalled that next Thursday, September 24, the Church celebrates the feast of Our Lady of Mercy, who intercedes before God for the redemption of captives.

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CULTURE

“Inheritance” to embrace the world

18 September, 2020 Webmáster 0
The story of Denys San Jorge was complicated one day by waking up with the news that as a result of a reckless social attitude, the Covid-19 put its terroir in check and quarantine. If St. George was moved earlier, to the point of dedicating his homage to cities of the middle world, he was now twice moved, for the disease had been planted clearly among the people who, throughout a lifetime, shared with him a common space of deprivation and hope. He didn’t wait too long for the artist. Bauta would also have his name “written” with washers, tweezers and keys.

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CULTURE

Thanks for the warm-up!

17 September, 2020 Webmáster 0
Producer and director Ian Bonhate and screenwriter Peter Ettedgui do very well. After their excellent “McQueen” (2018), a biographical documentary about famed and influential big-screen idol Steve McQueen, they both rejoin and surprise with “Rising Phoenix. History of Paralympic Games”, material that already integrates the catalog of the impetuous Netflix.

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Why is it that we’re still in pandemic?

16 September, 2020 Webmáster 0
Returning to the subject of Covid–19 and its presence in Cuba might seem recurrent and tedious, but the matter has no end. Everyone approaches it according to their own visions and interests. In a concrete way the reality is only one, SARS-CoV-2 continues among Cubans as the first day. The food situation and the supply of household support supplies is critical, circumstances force them out in order to meet basic needs.

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