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Title: Cuba builds first new church in 55 years
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URL Source: http://news.yahoo.com/cuba-builds-f ... church-55-years-191657884.html
Published: Oct 28, 2014
Author: Associated Press By ANDREA RODRIGUEZ
Post Date: 2014-10-28 06:28:17 by Ada
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HAVANA (AP) — Cuba has allowed construction of the country's first new Catholic church in 55 years, the church said Monday. Experts said it's a sign of improving relations between the Vatican and Cuba's communist government.

The church, funded by donations from Catholics in Tampa, Florida, will be built in Sandino, a citrus and coffee-growing town in the far-western province of Pinar del Rio.

The church publication "Christian Life" said it will have space for 200 people.

"The construction of a church is a clear demonstration of a new phase, of an improvement, in relations between the church and the state," said Enrique Lopez Oliva, a professor the history of religions at the University of Havana.

The Catholic Church had tense relations with what was long an officially atheist government for many years after the 1959 revolution, but they began to improve ahead of Pope John Paul II's visit in 1998.

The government revived observance of a Christmas holiday and began allowing masses or homilies to be broadcast on official media. It also dropped a ban on church membership for Communist Party members that had been adopted in the years after the 1959 revolution.

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#1. To: Ada (#0)

Since Fidel is dead, it seems as though they have been softening up a bit.

When I was running flowers out of Miami, they had a good Cuban restaurant we would go to for lunch. The waitresses were light skinned, which meant they had a lot of Spanish blood. I would say something to the little one, and she would stomp her foot in frustration because she could not find the words to respond. ;)

"When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one." Edmund Burke

BTP Holdings  posted on  2014-10-28   17:24:06 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#2. To: BTP Holdings (#1)

Since Fidel is dead,

When did he die?

Ada  posted on  2014-10-29   14:45:59 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#3. To: Ada (#2) (Edited)

When did he die?

I guess he is still alive, at the age of 88. ;)

en.mediamass.net/people/fidel-castro/deathhoax.html

"When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one." Edmund Burke

BTP Holdings  posted on  2014-10-29   17:11:00 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


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