{"id":5152,"date":"2005-07-19T15:49:15","date_gmt":"2005-07-19T15:49:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2005\/07\/cuba-in-crisis.html"},"modified":"2005-07-19T15:49:15","modified_gmt":"2005-07-19T15:49:15","slug":"cuba-in-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2005\/07\/cuba-in-crisis.html","title":{"rendered":"Cuba in Crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"

Difficulties in the wake of Dennis, from the "Rosary Army" website (motto: "Make Them. Pray Them. Give Them Away.)<\/a><\/p>\n

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We knew that the hurricane had caused a great deal of damage, and currently, Catholic Relief Services and Caritas are both collecting funds for the clean-up in the Caribbean. Unfortunately, the dictator Fidel Castro has once again refused aid from the United States and Europe, spewing his usual diatribe of stupidity and abuses against humanity.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

My uncle, Emilio Aranguren, is the bishop in the Archdiocese of Cienfuegos.<\/em><\/p>\n

Yesterday, in an unprecedented and personally dangerous interview through Radio Paz (a division of Paxnet out of the Archdiocese of Miami – check it out sometime) made a personal appeal for aid on behalf of the suffering people in his diocese, people with whom he has a personal relationship, as the clergy in Cuba must act truly as shepherds at all times.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Go there to find out how to help.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Difficulties in the wake of Dennis, from the "Rosary Army" website (motto: "Make Them. Pray Them. Give Them Away.) We knew that the hurricane had caused a great deal of damage, and currently, Catholic Relief Services and Caritas are both collecting funds for the clean-up in the Caribbean. 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