Live stream: Pope Francis’ Cuba visit

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Pope Francis will spend three days in Cuba before his visit to the United States, a trip notable because of the pope’s role in encouraging the United States and Cuba to re-establish diplomatic relations. He will be in Cuba from Saturday to Tuesday.

The Vatican is live streaming all of the pope’s public events; you can watch each of them here. All times are Eastern Time.

cruxnow.com/church/2015/09/18/live-stream-pope-francis-cuba-visit/
 
The EWTN TV Network is covering the Pope’s visit. You may be able to watch it online if the streaming service isn’t over run with viewers. ewtn.com/ 👍
 
:eek: You’re going to watch it through CRUX, a publication owned by the Boston Globe? Their articles don’t exactly seem to come from a Catholic frame of reference or understanding. You are right that it is the Vatican streaming everything; all this website provides is a feed through YouTube. It is through the Vatican’s own YouTube channel that the video is coming from.
 
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The EWTN TV Network is covering the Pope’s visit. You may be able to watch it online if the streaming service isn’t over run with viewers. ewtn.com/ 👍
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A bit of history between Church and State in Cuba.

cri.fiu.edu/research/commissioned-reports/church-state-cuba-edraza.pdf < page 5
On May 1, 1961, Fidel Castro proclaimed Cuba a socialist nation. The private schools, mostly Catholic, and the seminaries were taken over by the government. In the fall, the Church was dealt a major blow with the expulsion of the priests, at the head of which was Monsignor Bosa-Masvidal. Thereafter, the Catholic Church lost its ability to lead and was silenced.
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September 18, 2015 was Monsignor Bosa-Masvidal’s 100th birthday. The Pope was in Cuba preparing to say mass. Bosa-Masvidal died in 2003 in Venezuela.
 
I have just been watching some of Pope Francis’ visit to Cuba .

I am struck by the love and devotion of the Cuban Catholics .

They have been persecuted for many decades , but the persecution has not diminished their fervour .

I am reminded of the words of a Jesuit priest who led a retreat I participated in in 1964 .

This Jesuit priest was a refugee from Soviet dominated Lithuania .

He had sought refuge in England where he settled to continue his priestly vocation .

Throughout the retreat he would often repeat these words…" In the East they are harsh and cruel . In the West they are soft and lewd . "

These words I remember and often recall to mind .

They prompt me to ask who are really the fortunate Catholics ? Those persecuted by atheistic Communists , or those in materialistic societies with the emphasis on material things…often met by an insidious enemy far more destructive than the enemies which are so obvious ?

Just something to ponder .
 
Persecution helps people to make decisions.

Lord, may their decision be to choose You!
 
I am not a big fan of the present pope but he made some good points today in his off the cuff speech to the Cubans. They certainly loved him there.
 
 
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I am not a big fan of the present pope but he made some good points today in his off the cuff speech to the Cubans. They certainly loved him there.
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I agree. I am not a big fan, but sometimes he has great speech’s and homilies. Sometimes I don’t know what to think. This was good.
 
Yesterday in Revolution Square Havana, Cuba these words were read aloud.

It was the second reading for the Papal Mass (and masses all over the world). Here in

officially Marxist-Lenninist country that long espoused an official atheism and class

warfare the words of St James rang out. 🙂
Reading 2 JAS 3:16—4:3
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Beloved:
Where jealousy and selfish ambition exist,
there is disorder and every foul practice.
But the wisdom from above is first of all pure,
then peaceable, gentle, compliant,
full of mercy and good fruits,
without inconstancy or insincerity.
And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace
for those who cultivate peace.
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Where do the wars
and where do the conflicts among you come from?
Is it not from your passions
that make war within your members?
You covet but do not possess.
You kill and envy but you cannot obtain;
you fight and wage war.
You do not possess because you do not ask.
You ask but do not receive,
because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions.
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These are of course good lessons for ALL nations and peoples to learn. But the place and time of the Pope’s Mass made this reading’s placement seem less than coincidental.

Blessings upon the people of Cuba. And the United States. 🙂
 
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