Pope Francis has hailed the release of Cuban prisoners as a “gesture of great hope” that he prays will be undertaken elsewhere. The Cuban government said this week that it was releasing 553 prisoners in the spirit of Francis' Holy Year. The 2025 Jubilee has as its theme hope and Francis has called for prisoner releases as a sign of hope.
Pope welcomes Cuba 's prisoner release following talks with Vatican as part of long-standing dialogueInmigrantes en Chicago y otras ciudades de EEUU se preparan para operativos de deportación de TrumpPalestinos caminan entre escombros para volver a sus hogares al inicio de alto al fuego en Gaza Pope Francis delivers his blessing as he recites the Angelus noon prayer from the window of his studio overlooking St.Peter’s Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025.
“It is a gesture of great hope that concretises one of the intentions of this Jubilee year,” he said. “I hope that in the months to come, initiatives of this kind will continue to be undertaken in the different parts of the world, infusing confidence in the journey of individuals and peoples.
The Vatican’s three-way dialogue with Cuba and the United States goes back further and reached its most critical moment at the peak of the Cuban missile crisis when, in the fall of 1962, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev ordered a secret deployment of nuclear missiles in Cuba that were soon detected by U.S. spy planes.
Citing the pope’s diaries and documents from both the U.S. and former Soviet Union, Melloni said Khrushchev took the letter to the Politburo, claiming recognition from the Holy See and that the U.S.-Catholic Church alignment on anti-communism had been broken, and ordered the withdrawal of the missiles.
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