The Conference of Catholic Bishops of Cuba (COCC) announced this Friday that in their meeting with Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel and other government representatives they shared with “respect, sincerity and clarity” their concerns and assessments regarding the current moment the island is experiencing. .
“According to the usual procedure in this type of meeting, the Bishops did not dwell on concrete situations of the Churchbut they shared with all respect, sincerity and clarity their concerns and assessments about the current moment in which we live”, explains the release released today.
INFORMATIVE NOTE
As was known by official press media, on the afternoon of last Wednesday the 26th, the President of the Republic Dr. Miguel-Díaz Canel Bermúdez, the Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz and other members of the Government and the Party held a meeting
— Conference of Catholic Bishops of Cuba (@obispos_cuba) April 28, 2023
The meeting served for the bishops to renew to the authorities their commitment to the Cuban people and to everything that favors a more serene climate of peace, harmony, respect for all and hope, the text ends.
“In the same way, they listened to the information, criteria and assessments, both from the President and the Prime Minister, who also broadly explained their visions and future prospects regarding the issues addressed.”
From the words of greeting, by Mons. Emilio Aranguren, Bishop of Holguín and President of the Episcopal Conference, the bishops presented their criteria and vision of the reality that the Cuban people are experiencing, the communication points out.
“The Cuban episcopate appreciates the possibility of the exchange, for the seriousness in which it was developed, the opportunity to be heard and, in turn, appreciates the importance and convenience of this experience, also for the future.”
The conversations between the Government and the Catholic Church are preceded by the visit made by Cardinal Beniamino Stella at the beginning of the year, a trip framed in the 25th anniversary of the apostolic visit of John Paul II, the first pope to arrive on the island.
Díaz-Canel meets with representatives of the Cuban Catholic Church
Cardinal Stella, who arrived in Havana as an envoy from the Pope Franciscogave a speech at the University of Havana in which he vindicated the role of dialogue, from “kindness and respect”, both within Cuba and in its relations with the United States and considered that “talking can find solutions.”
The meeting between the Catholic bishops and Miguel Díaz-Canel, Prime Minister Manuel Marrero and other members of the Government and the Communist Party (PCC), took place last Wednesday afternoon.
