Cuba softens stance toward Catholic Church

carl ball — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:20:35 GMT

i am so glad raul castro is a catholic as an american i have mant cuban friends why do we act likt catholics and get along

Cuba softens stance toward Catholic Church

Yosemite Sam — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 23:52:12 GMT

Raul could begin by apologizing for persecuting the church and returning the schools they stole to the bishops.

Cuba softens stance toward Catholic Church

Lorenzo Santas, San Antonio, Tx. — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:19:34 GMT

If Raul Castro is doing it , is because of necessity. He is not a Cristian. He is a communist wearing sheep cloth for now.

Cuba softens stance toward Catholic Church

Lorenzo Santas, San Antonio, Tx. — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:19:35 GMT

If Raul Castro is doing it , is because of necessity. He is not a Cristian. He is a communist wearing sheep cloth for now.

Cuba softens stance toward Catholic Church

David Teran, San Antonio, Texas — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:42:11 GMT

The real news is not a human leader who will die as all men do and leave hardly a mark on the world...rather, it is the afront that men commit against God in ascriing miracles to men, when it is only God who heals. This is a diabolical plan that misleads countless "faithful" catholics to an abominable doctrine that directs their faith to the creation instead of the Creator.

Put your faith in the living Christ and not on men. Besides - the Bible says all believers are saints - not only a few chosen.

Cuba softens stance toward Catholic Church

Arlene Zier — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:56:58 GMT

What a wonderful event! It is very uplifting to see those who are oposed to each other's philosophy are able to agree that helping the poor and each other is an energising event. I am very grateful. I will keep everyone involved in this event in my prayers.
God is good! All the time!

Cuba softens stance toward Catholic Church

edward donahue kitimat b. c.canada — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 01:23:36 GMT

cubas castro has outlasted 8 yankey pres.i guess they got the last laugh at your capitalist system.

Cuba softens stance toward Catholic Church

ram Sue, Nanjing, China — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 01:23:48 GMT

Where there is love, there is life.
Where there is life saving action, there is love as well. The greatest love is from God who has send His Son to die for our life in love and I am so glad to hear that the government of Island is learning how to love people in the best way together with Church.

President,Raul Castro should be remembered in History for his genuine heart toward people of the Cuba in this actiion.

Cuba softens stance toward Catholic Church

Judy Rossi Miami, Fla — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 01:28:45 GMT

Looks like Obama already had a good effect!
Communal-ism, is Humanism fully realized
(this is a take=off of
'communism is Humanism fully realized.'
Now, where is Trotsky?
Now, study Trotsky!

Cuba softens stance toward Catholic Church

Cuban_Don — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 01:45:20 GMT

This "appearance" is a perfect example of the hipocracy of the Cuban government.

Cuba softens stance toward Catholic Church

Mark Sanchez, Benicia, Ca. — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 02:38:57 GMT

This is an incredible step forward.Never thought I would hear anything like this in my lifetime. Hopefully, this will be a start to a better life for the people there.

Cuba softens stance toward Catholic Church

Steve, Ft. lauderdal, FL — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 03:58:45 GMT

Wonderful news, Cuban Catholics have suffered a great deal under the Communist--just like they do in all countries that are Communist run. Talk about a Holocaust--what the Communist have done to Catholics makes the Nazis look like kindergarten teachers.

Cuba softens stance toward Catholic Church

Des Emery, St. Thomas, ON, Canada — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 04:00:20 GMT

The Roman Catholic church, in spite of a dismal reputation, has always advocated for the poor and helpless. Too bad the same can't be said for some governments.

Cuba softens stance toward Catholic Church

Isawoye, Toronto, Ontario — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 04:30:56 GMT

Bravo to the government of Cuba. We can not loose sight of the mouth because of the nose. They are no hinderance to each other. Jesus says give to Ceaser what is ceasrs and to God that is for God.
The catholic church in Cuba needs to fellowship with the people of Cuba no harm done yyou can miss direction unless you are blind.

Cuba softens stance toward Catholic Church

Matt, Cleveland, Ohio — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 04:54:40 GMT

This is fantastic. Hopefully the devout people of Cuba will be able to return to the Church they love so much. Good for them and God love them.

Cuba softens stance toward Catholic Church

J P Los Angeles CA — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 05:19:53 GMT

Someday Cuba will be open U S citizens.

Cuba softens stance toward Catholic Church

sam hanzark galt, calif. — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 06:03:02 GMT

Jesus lives!!!!!!!!

Cuba softens stance toward Catholic Church

Dimitri,Pensacola,FL. — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 13:17:48 GMT

Des emery:SOME people in the Catholic Church have advocated for the poor and helpless.The Catholic Church in general,like most other churches,is a business.God knows how much money and priceless art the Vatican has in its possession.by the way,people seem to think that the Catholic Church is always victimized by Socialists and Communists.I got news for you.Hugo Chavez is a Catholic and works with the church.Look at what happened in Chile with Pinochet,who by the way was put in power thanks to Kissinger and the C.I.A.There were Catholic priests who supported Allende and guess what happened to them.They were murdered.So before generalizing,you people need to learn all the facts.I think the Catholic Church as well as any other church for that matter,is fine,as long as it knows it's place.Castro realized this.Maybe we need to realize this as well in our own country.

Cuba softens stance toward Catholic Church

Celia Sanchez — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 13:21:53 GMT

Poor Raul he wos seeking for a pardon for all his sims
now he is old and scared to died, but he is going to hell mother.....

Cuba softens stance toward Catholic Church

Patrick McDougall, Flint, Michigan — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 13:25:10 GMT

It is good that the Cubans can have some sort of religious freedom, a freedom that many Cuban-americans have been praying for for a long time.

Cuba softens stance toward Catholic Church

Ronald Benjamin — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 13:26:56 GMT

It must be borne in mind that the Roman Catholic church does have some very dark pages in its history: some even darker than communism.

Cuba softens stance toward Catholic Church

David — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 13:31:42 GMT

I have to admit Raul castro no where near like his evil brother and I think united states could have new ally who cares its communist i mean if we stop embargo we can flood island with bussiness and in return appreciation and not doing it because russia says so i can give rats ass about dicator russia and her bully ways. Do it because by being friends with cuba what excuse chevez has with his anti american additude i mean how would he hate us if his mentor cuba was to be normal relations only obama can do this. This is how you win people over by winning over cuba and in return they give normal relations with us and pledge never to do what they did in 80s with converting other nations to communism.

Cuba softens stance toward Catholic Church

Gloria Mayol Pizarro — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 13:48:08 GMT

Caution
Remember Fidel came from the mountains holding a rosary.

Cuba softens stance toward Catholic Church

juan jose (from miami, proudly a cuban in exile) — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:34:23 GMT

one more example of communist two face actions...for years our church has been persecuted and now, all of a sudden, raul is in church....also...unicorns exist, as well as all the tales you want to believe....let GOD judge their action..thousand killed and millions that are virtual slaves...my cuba is a commnunist nation and unfortunately...ralu sitting in a church is not going to change that. freedom now!

Cuba softens stance toward Catholic Church

Shmrck5S, MO — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:40:04 GMT

NO (repeat) NO church or organized religion is wiothout its dark moments. However, the Catholic church always has been and remains at the forefront of the movement to recognize basic human rights.

It's great to see the Cuban govt relax its position on the Catholic church are religion in general.

And I hope someday to be able to (legally) smoke a Cuban Monte Cristo in my own home.

Cuba softens stance toward Catholic Church

John Tex, Chicago — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:43:09 GMT

Spending three hours in church means nothing. When there is Freedom for the Cuban people, then we can rejoice. God has been and always will be with them, despite the brothers Castro..

Cuba softens stance toward Catholic Church

Rick, Lafayette, Louisiana — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:58:37 GMT

Maybe Friar Jose Olallo Valdes has performed one last miracle.

Cuba softens stance toward Catholic Church

Mike Joseph — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:34:33 GMT

Ronald's knowledge of history is obviously limited. Stalin killed over 30 million in his purges and Gulags. Communist regimes in Cambodia and China killed millions more . Nothing in the history of the Catholic Church comes close to those numbers. Further, nobody ever speaks of the positive accomplishments of the Church. Read a balanced and famous cultural history of the West such as From Dawn to Decadence by Jacques Barzun.

Cuba softens stance toward Catholic Church

jh — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:57:22 GMT

It offends me that the Church has no commitment to democracy per se. It would rather have a spiritual hegemony in a country, be the state religion, be determinative about certain laws, be deferred to by the state -- even if the state is totalitarian -- than be one of many churches in a functioning secularist democracy. It has shown this again and again. Cuba may be the first Communist country to enjoy the same cordial relationship with the Church as Franco's Spain and any number of Latin American dictatorships of the Right.

Cuba softens stance toward Catholic Church

Brenda Breen — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:36:30 GMT

It is good to have a role model like Friar Valdes but let's not forget that the people of Cuba have not had the right to choose their leader (for good or ill) in over 1/2 century. People must be free; otherwise they are nothing but slaves to government directives. For those who believe in a God, we must remember that he made mankind to be free, even to the point of freely acknowledging their Creator. God does not force us to love Him - so why should government tell people how to live? Let's not be lulled by the 'sentimentalism' displayed by the unelected President Castro!

Cuba softens stance toward Catholic Church

Beth, Maryland — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:02:34 GMT

The persicution the Catholic church has endured is no where near what the Jewish people endured during the Holucost. I agree that sitting through a 3 hour mass means nothing. It does not make you Christian or even prove that you are a believer of God. Only God can perform micacles...do not put your faith in men but rather in God himself. I pray for the people of Cuba that they may soon be free to live and believe as they choose in all aspects of their lives.

Cuba softens stance toward Catholic Church

Steve, Manahawkin, NJ — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:28:17 GMT

The Catholic Church teaches that the miricles are the work of God, not man! When the Church states that a miricle was attributed to a man it is saying that the man prayed to God for the miricle. The Catholic Church also teaches that those in heaven have the ability to pray for us to God just as our friends and neighbors on earth do. When the Church declares someone a saint the are creating role models of Christian life.

Cuba softens stance toward Catholic Church

Brother Hugo Stippler,o.h. Ojai,Calif. u.s.a. — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:51:49 GMT

I am a brother of St.John of God living in California..as an American citizen it was difficult to enter Cuba. None of the brothers from our Province in Calif. in the United States had a chance to go.
Being 86 years of age and in the terminal stage of cancer it would have been a great honor for me to go to the celebration.
We have many prayers and works for Br.Jose here in Ojai Calif...and I know he is answering our petitions.
you have a great country

Cuba softens stance toward Catholic Church

Will from Cubans Gone Wild - Lyndhurst, N.J. — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:59:02 GMT

Wow Raul!! You will always be dirt to me. What the people in the U.S. don't understand that the Castro brother's have killed hundreds of thousands of Cubans because of their stupid revolution. In the end, who paids for this. Raul will always be the son of the devil. Now that Obama is President, I hope that he hands over Guantanamo Bay to the Cuban exiles, so we call it home. This will be a new and democratic Cuba.

Cuba softens stance toward Catholic Church

Mario Rios Pinot NY NY — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:37:50 GMT

I love Cuba and I love Fidel. What an experiment! has happened in the Caribbean Sea (otherwise known as the Gringo Lake) its like George Washington and the American Revolution and their response to "Well George, if you do not like it here why do not you go somewhere else?" NO. I finally got that off my chest. Thank you. Its time to make nice, Pres. Obama does not owe the Republican Miami Cubans anything. Time to lift the embargo.