(AGI) - Vatican City, 2 May. - in the new era which was started by the
succession of power away from Fidel Castro, the Cuban Catholics must
"strive for reconciliation, justice and peace".
The Pope asked for this when he received the priests of the Caribbean
island in a "visit ad limina". In his speech the Pope said "the great
hurdles" are the working conditions of the Cuban bishops and priests and
he asked them not to slow down their evangelic work amongst their fellow
countrymen.
"Strengthened by an intense spiritual life and praising a solid
religious preparation, and in particular, on the social doctrine of the
church, the layman worshippers, he said "can offer convincing accounts
of their faith in all fields of society, to illuminate with the light
the Evangel". For this reason he said "I hope the Cuban Church, in
accordance with legitimate aspirations, can have normal access to means
of social communication". In particular, the Pope called the Cuban
Church's attention to the family crisis "threatened in its stability by
divorce and its consequences, by the practice of abortion and economic
difficulties, such as family separation due to emigration and other
reasons". The Pope asked for efforts to be doubled in respect to the
young, to convey to them "authentic values of marriage and family" and
underlined the importance that parents can "exercise their
responsibility and their fundamental right to give moral and religious
education to their children".
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