At the end of the Pope's Angelus, a chant broke out among the crowd.<\/p>\n
\u201cFreedom, freedom, freedom...\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n These people were behind it....<\/p>\n There were between 100 and 200 Cubans who had arrived from different countries in Europe to protest against the dictatorship, repression and political prisoners in Cuba.<\/p>\n Following protocol, the police did not allow the political protesters into St. Peter's Square for the Pope's Angelus.<\/p>\n And those who did make it into the Square had their flags confiscated.<\/p>\n The demonstrators lay on the ground in support of the more than 500 Cubans who were arrested following the protests in July.<\/p>\n The Vatican opposes violent repression and the suppression of freedom in Cuba and everywhere else, but it is nonetheless forbidden to use St. Peter's Square for political protests.<\/p>\n The last time the Pope spoke about the situation in Cuba was in July, during the protests.<\/p>\n POPE FRANCIS Since the end of August, groups of Cubans with Cuban flags have been attending some of the Pope's public events.<\/p>\n The Cuban people are dying because we lack freedom.<\/em><\/p>\n We come here every Wednesday and Sunday to ask for mercy and for him to intercede for the Cuban people.<\/em><\/p>\n ...Support, support for our people, who are dying.<\/em><\/p>\n The Cuban opposition is rallying people on the island for another wave of protests on Nov. 15. But the Cuban government has prohibited them and called them illegal.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n JMB<\/p>\n TR: CT<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The protesters lay on the ground in support of the more than 500 Cubans arrested following the protests in July.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":12400,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/gweYYEjf6dw","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bangeluscubaeng.mp4","international_url":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bangeluscubaint.mp4","type":"bn","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44689"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44689"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44689\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/strong>July 2021
\n<\/strong>I am also near to the dear Cuban people in these difficult moments, in particular to those families suffering the most. I pray that the Lord might help the nation build an increasingly just and fraternal society through peace, dialogue and solidarity.<\/em><\/p>\n