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February 6th, 2011
06:00 AM ET
As Cuban economy sputters, evangelicals riseBy Shasta Darlington, CNN Havana (CNN) – For decades, Cuba’s evangelicals met behind closed doors, holding services in living rooms and converted garages. But as the country confronts hard times, followers have come out of the shadows, turning to religion to meet both economic and spiritual needs. On a recent Sunday morning, worshipers packed a Pentecostal church set up on the second floor of an apartment building in a working class suburb of Havana. 
November 4th, 2010
12:23 PM ET
First Catholic seminary in half century opens in CubaThe Catholic Church opened its first seminary in Cuba in more than 50 years on Wednesday, with President Raul Castro in attendance. The inauguration of the school outside of Havana was evidence of just how far relations between the communist government and the Catholic Church have come in recent years.
October 10th, 2010
08:40 PM ET
More Cuban political prisoners to be released, Catholic Church saysThree Cuban political prisoners who were not part of an originally announced release, will nonetheless be freed, Cuba's Roman Catholic Church said Saturday. The three would join 52 other detainees Cuba pledged to free following a deal brokered by the island's Catholic Church and Spain's foreign ministry, according to a news release by archbishop of Havana. The church identified the three additional prisoners as Rolando Jimenez Posada, Arturo Suarez Ramos and Ciro Perez Santana. |
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