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We thank God for the praying Virgin, the one who prayed the psalms morning and afternoon, the songbook of the Magnificat, the one who makes a pilgrimage to the temple with her family, who was […]

In the S.M.I. Cathedral of Havana receive the Archbishop of the Archdiocese, Juan de la Caridad García, after being created cardinal by Pope Francis.

During the meeting, Cuban pilgrims arriving in Rome from Cuba, Spain and the United States were able to exchange greetings with a “simple and humble priest” who, according to recent statements to the New Word: “I will always remain the same”.

A few hours after the celebration of the Consistory in Rome that will create Cardinal of the Universal Church to the Archbishop of Havana, Archbishop Juan de la Caridad García, the accompanying pilgrim delegation concluded its tour of the four patriarchal basilicas: Saint Peter, St. John lateran, Santa Maria Maggiore and St. Paul Outside the Walls.

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.