April 1, 2008 Cuba in midst of transition period

Bishop laying groundwork for two new dioceses in growing church

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March 13, 2008 Cuba in midst of transition period

A sense that change is coming to Cuba as leader Fidel Castro’s era comes to an end was present as Archbishop Fred Hiltz, the Canadian primate, and a group of church leaders visited the Caribbean nation from Feb. 4 to 11.

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February 1, 2008 U.S. church works with Canadians on relief in Cuba

The Episcopal Church in the United States is working through the partnerships department of the Anglican Church of Canada to help the Episcopal Church in Cuba respond to the needs of families affected by the severe flooding in...

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July 3, 2007 A new day for Cuba

Nerva Cot Aguillera (centre, with female colleagues) recently became the first woman Anglican bishop in the developing world. Bishop Cot and Archdeacon Ulises Mario Aguero Prendes were consecrated suffragan (assistant) bishops of...

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March 1, 2007 First woman bishop for Cuban church

Canada helped usher in a new era for the Cuban Episcopal church in early February when Archbishop Andrew Hutchison, the Canadian primate, participated in the selection of two suffragan (assistant) bishops for the island nation –...

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December 1, 2006 Coins aid mission church in Cuba

An initiative to help the Episcopal Church of Cuba that was started by a single Anglican church in Milton, Ont. now has its own Web site and organizers hope to take it nationwide. Called Coins for Cuba, the program started...

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February 1, 2006 Conditions improved for Cuban churches

The relationship between church and state has "positively changed" in Cuba in recent years, and there is "more space" for churches to engage in social work, according to Rev. Reinerio Arce, principal of the Evangelical ...

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June 1, 2003 Castro urged to review trials and sentences

Geneva In a letter addressed to Cuban President Fidel Castro, the general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC), Konrad Raiser, called the recent trials and long sentences given to Cuban political dissidents a...

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April 1, 2003 Cuba will not rejoin U.S. church, despite earlier enthusiasm

The Anglican church in Cuba has voted against rejoining the Episcopal Church of the United States (ECUSA), despite an initial synod vote last year strongly in favour of the move. The decision was reached at the regular annual...

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March 1, 2003 Cuban bishop retires before synod

Havana The bishop of Cuba, Jorge Perera Hurtado, has resigned effective Feb. 8, 2003. His resignation became effective less than two weeks before Cuba's annual synod, held this year in Matanzas, to decide if the Episcopal...

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