Fidel Castro
LGBTQ-inclusive church in Cuba welcomes all in a country that once sent gay people to labor camps
By Luis Andres Henao — April 1, 2024
MATANZAS, Cuba (AP) — Cuba repressed gay people after its 1959 revolution led by Fidel Castro and sent many to labor camps. But in recent years, the communist-run island barred anti-gay discrimination.
Cubans seek solutions and solace in Santería amid crises
By Associated Press — April 10, 2023
HAVANA (AP) — A fusion of African religions and Catholicism, Santería was one of the few religious practices to quietly endure through decades of prohibitions and stigma by the communist government.
Cuba holds unusual vote on law allowing same-sex marriage
By Cristiana Mesquita — September 26, 2022
(RNS) — The sweeping code also would allow surrogate pregnancies, broader rights for grandparents in regard to grandchildren, protection of the elderly and measures against gender violence.
As Pope Francis cozies up to Raúl Castro, Cuban Catholics take another approach
By Kristina Arriaga — July 22, 2022
(RNS) — The pope should tell the story of Rosa María Payá, a 33-year-old Catholic activist for freedom.
Religion shapes Cuba despite Castro’s influence
By RNS staff — December 4, 2016
(The Conversation) How can we look at Castro’s legacy today, particularly from the way he shaped the religious identity of Cuba?
Catholic Church could play larger role in a post-Fidel Castro Cuba
By Yonat Shimron — December 2, 2016
The Catholic Church remains the only institution in Cuba completely independent of the communist government.
No kaddish for Castro
By Jeffrey Salkin — November 28, 2016
(RNS) Castro's revolution was a moral and spiritual failure. That is why I am not mourning his death.
Fidel Castro, Jesuit-influenced Marxist revolutionary
By Jerome Socolovsky — November 26, 2016
(RNS) “I believe Karl Marx could have subscribed to the Sermon on the Mount,” Castro once said.
Pope calls for ‘revolution of tenderness’ in Cuba
By Rick Jervis — September 22, 2015
"Generation after generation, day after day, we are asked to renew our faith,' the pope said. "We are asked to live the revolution of tenderness as Mary, our Mother of Charity, did."
Christ, Marx and Che: Fidel Castro offers pope his religious views
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — September 21, 2015
(RNS) What’s in “Fidel and Religion,” the book Castro gave the pope? Lines such as, “I believe Karl Marx could have subscribed to the Sermon on the Mount.”
Christ, Karl Marx and Che: Fidel Castro offers the pope his religious views
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — September 20, 2015
What's in "Fidel and Religion," the book Castro gave the pope? Lines such as, "I believe Karl Marx could have subscribed to the Sermon on the Mount."
Cuba pardons 3,522 prisoners days before Pope Francis’ visit
By Reuters — September 12, 2015
Dissident groups say none on the list are political prisoners. Cuba released 53 political prisoners in conjunction with last December's announcement of detente with United States, engineered with the aid of Pope Francis.
Atheist Castros praise Christian values, prepare for papal visit
By Reuters — September 7, 2015
Fidel and Raul Castro turned against the Church decades ago, now, in their old age, they have brought the Church in from the cold.
Raul Castro lauds Pope Francis, vows to attend ‘all his Masses’ in Cuba in September
By Reuters — May 10, 2015
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) Raul Castro stopped in Rome to meet the pope to thank him for the Vatican's mediation between the United States and Cuba.
Pope meets with Fidel Castro, urges more freedom
By Tracy Gordon — March 28, 2012
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Benedict XVI called for more religious freedom for the Catholic Church on his last day in communist Cuba. Around 300,000 people turned up for a papal Mass in Revolution Square in Havana, just before an unscheduled but much-anticipated meeting with Fidel Castro. By Alessandro Speciale.
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