According to a recent white paper for the US Commission on International Religious Freedom, attacks on religious freedom are escalating in Cuba as well. According to the report, “virtually all independent faith leaders say they are actively repressed.”
Today is a day for grief and mourning, for solidarity with millions of people who are suffering through one of the worst natural disasters in US history. It is a day to ask hard questions and, perhaps, to recognize that even in despair there is hope and in mystery there is Mystery.
The government of Cuba has failed to respond to a joint request from five United Nations human rights advocates concerning the status of a Protestant pastor who has been in prison for the past seven months.
A Cuban pastor has been detained for several months without trial for protesting against the country's communist regime.
We should continue to pray and advocate for the people of Cuba in any way we can. And, we should take seriously the advice offered by Cuban-American Mike Gonzalez, in a recent interview on a World News Group podcast, when asked how Americans can help. Gonzalez said, “Ultimately, what Americans can do is remain free. We must remain free ourselves. We cannot help anybody, we’re not going to be the symbol of anything if we don’t ourselves remain free … America must continue to be the beacon of freedom.”
The Black Lives Matter organization on Wednesday released a controversial statement on Cuba that not only criticizes the United States embargo but goes a step further by supporting the revolution that installed the country’s Communist government.
It has become conventional wisdom in our postmodern culture that all truth is personal and subjective. This malignant denial of objective truth is metastasizing through the body of our society.
Mass protests against Cuba's Communist Discatorship have broken out across Cuba.
This week, we are discovering practical ways to experience Christ more powerfully during the Christmas season.
