Posted on 01/28/2021 6:56:17 PM PST by marshmallow
A coalition of 15 Catholic priests working in Cuba defied the Communist Party and decades of Vatican distance from Cuban politics to publish a letter this weekend urging the Cuban people to “co-involve” themselves in their own liberation from communism and work to “break the chains” of the Castro regime.
The letter, published in English by the U.S.-based human rights organization Global Liberty Alliance, states plainly, “Cuba needs political changes.”
“We, as believers, consider that it is time, as a people, to return to God,” the priests write.
The letter was published to coincide with the 23rd anniversary of Pope John Paul II’s visit to Cuba, who left an extended legacy of confronting human rights atrocities under communism. The priests represent congregations nationwide, in all six traditional provinces of Cuba, and the list of signers of the letter include clergymen who prominently denounced communism in public throughout the last year, including Havana Father Jorge Luis Pérez Soto and Father Alberto Reyes Pías of eastern Camagüey.
Catholics, and other Christians on the island, have faced over half a century of intense persecution under the Castro regime, including prime positions on firing squad lists for decades, imprisonment in labor camps, politically motivated arrests, and censorship of their faith. The Communist Party of Cuba is an explicitly atheist institution that inhibits all religious worship while promoting late dictator Fidel Castro’s ties to nominally Catholic, but functionally Marxist liberation theologists.
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This could get interesting. Cubans throwing off the commies at the same time they are taking over here.
Maybe the priests here will say something against our communist regime. Not likely but we can hope.
Maybe we should move to Havana.
But...But they have FREE healthcare!
After all the decades living in that environment it would probably be a pretty difficult transition for most people.
Prayers for these brave priests.
You call that “living?” That is not living, that is enslavement.
You first. Call us when you get there—if your cell phone works. Take your covid with you.
Obedience to dictators is disobedience to God.
Brave priests. Hope they can survive this.
But, but, but...the filthy hospitals are 'free'... right?
I didn’t say it wasn’t enslavement....but it would still likely be a hard transition for many to adjust to - with freedom comes responsibility.
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