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Cardinal of Havana officiates his first liturgical act
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Cardinal Juan de la Caridad García Rodríguez arrived from Rome on Wednesday night to the Minor Basilica and Diocesan Sanctuary of Our Lady of Charity, in the municipality of Centro Habana in the Cuban capital, to entrust his new mission to the Virgin , the first act he performs when touching Cuban soil.

His reverend eminence (S.E.R) was created cardinal by Pope Francis in the consistory of last October 5 along with 12 other prelates of the universal Church. Thus, Monsignor Juan de la Caridad García is the third Cardinal in the history of the Catholic Church in Cuba. On Saturday, October 12, a solemn mass will be celebrated as an official reception to the Cardinal at the SMI Cathedral in Havana. García Rodríguez replaced in 2016 Cardinal Jaime Lucas Ortega Alamino, recently deceased, as archbishop of the archdiocese of San Cristóbal de La Habana.Biography of Cardinal Juan de la Caridad García Rodríguez Born in Camagüey in 1948, the prelate began his philosophical and theological studies at the San Basilio Magno seminary, in the town of El Cobre, on the outskirts of Santiago de Cuba, and concluded his preparation at the San Carlos and San Ambrosio seminary, in La Havana On July 13 of this year 2019, he was appointed member of the Congregation for the Clergy, has represented Cuba in the Assembly of Bishops of the continent (Assembly of Aparecida, Brazil 2007) and for three years, between 2006 and 2009, he chaired the Cuban Episcopal Conference.

Pope Francis sends blessing to the Cuban people After the liturgical act concluded, his eminence declared that Pope Francis, through his person, sent the blessing to the people of Cuba. «We thank Pope Francis and the holy spirit for the election of 13 cardinals who are also (…) announcing the gospel; and we hope that there will be progress in peace, in love and harmony for all humanity and especially for our Cuban people, ”he said.

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