Posted on 07/10/2015 6:52:15 AM PDT by Ouchthatonehurt
A prominent Cuban dissident group has asked to meet Pope Francis during his upcoming visit to Cuba in September, its leader said on Thursday.
Cuba’s dissidents caution against assumptions and complacency The Ladies in White, made up of the wives and relatives of former political prisoners, visited the Vatican’s mission in Cuba to submit their request.
Group leader Berta Soler said she has passed along information about human rights in Cuba to Vatican officials, including “evidence of ladies and activists who have been victims of repression in recent weeks”.
She has also expressed concern that the government will prevent dissidents from attending the pope’s masses while in the communist country.
Ladies in White is the only group in the single-party country permitted to stage weekly marches in a specific area.
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Indeed, this will be a litmus test.
My fear,...he will choose poorly.
Be not afraid.
Yeah, he can bring his new fave souvenir, the communist Jesus. That should go over well.
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