Pinar del Rio - The Cuban Catholic Church will be able to build a new place of worship on the island, which will be the first time since the revolution, in 1959. According to the information of the Archdiocese of Havana, sent to Agenzia Fides, the place chosen is a town in the western province of Pinar del Río.
The new church will be dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and will occupy an area of 200 square meters in the center of Sandino, the largest town in the province, and will accommodate about 200 people seated, as announced by the Bishop of the diocese of Pinar del Río, His Exc. Mgr. Jorge Enrique Serpa Pérez. According to data of the Archdiocese of Havana, 60% of the Cuban population is Catholic, and there are 650 churches, 340 priests and 600 religious on the island.
The authorization for the construction of the new church had been given on September 9, 2014, which thanks to the improvement in relations between the Catholic Church and the Cuban government, led to the authorization to carry out public processions, to declare Good Friday a holiday and broadcast the message of Cardinal Ortega on television and the return of some places of worship to the Church that had been expropriated .
The construction of new places of worship is one of the requests of the Catholic Church, which seeks to recover the space needed to carry out its mission of evangelization.
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The new church will be dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and will occupy an area of 200 square meters in the center of Sandino, the largest town in the province, and will accommodate about 200 people seated, as announced by the Bishop of the diocese of Pinar del Río, His Exc. Mgr. Jorge Enrique Serpa Pérez. According to data of the Archdiocese of Havana, 60% of the Cuban population is Catholic, and there are 650 churches, 340 priests and 600 religious on the island.
The authorization for the construction of the new church had been given on September 9, 2014, which thanks to the improvement in relations between the Catholic Church and the Cuban government, led to the authorization to carry out public processions, to declare Good Friday a holiday and broadcast the message of Cardinal Ortega on television and the return of some places of worship to the Church that had been expropriated .
The construction of new places of worship is one of the requests of the Catholic Church, which seeks to recover the space needed to carry out its mission of evangelization.
Read Full Story from Fides News English http://www.fides.org/en/news/37430-AMERICA_CUBA_A_new_church_will_be_built_in_Cuba_the_first_since_1959
This article by originally appeared on fides.org on March 11, 2015 at 02:00AM
