Cuba

The bishop-designate served 12 years as a missionary in Papua New Guinea before a series of assignments in Cuba.

The fuel shortage makes distribution of aid more challenging, and garbage pickup throughout the region is “almost nonexistent.”

Power outages have been common for years, Archbishop García added, so even when people had food, cooking it was not easy.

The Cuban bishops warned Jan. 31 that the “elimination of all possibility of oil entering the country raises alarm bells, especially for the most vulnerable.”

Pope Leo XIV has called for “a sincere and effective dialogue” between the U.S. and Cuba in remarks delivered after he led the Angelus prayer Feb. 1.

The following is the full text of Pope Leo XIV’s Angelus address given Feb. 1 to those gathered in St. Peter’s Squarer, reflecting on Jesus Christ’s Beatitudes.

Over 300 faith initiatives are supported by the special collection for the Church in Latin America.

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Jan. 14 that the first in a series of direct humanitarian shipments to Cuba “in close partnership with the Catholic …

“It goes to show the power of faith” that some 66 years after the Cuban Revolution still there helping the people “is the Catholic Church and people of faith.”

A massive outbreak of mosquito-borne illness is sweeping Cuba just weeks after Hurricane Melissa, straining parish life and Catholic ministries across the island.