Historic Cuban Church Begins Construction
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Following a procession through the streets of the city's historic district, religious figures and Cuban government officials on Sunday laid down the first stone of what will become the island's first-ever Russian Orthodox church.
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TUXPAN, Mexico  - Now frail from illness and out of sight, Cuban President Fidel Castro was remembered on Saturday as a dashing young revolutionary who set sail 50 years ago from this sleepy Mexican port to a place in history.
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Cuba's tourism minister said on Sunday  that 2 million people visited the Caribbean island so far this  year, achieving a long sought after goal despite U.S. efforts  to undermine the country's main foreign exchange earner.
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By Matt Sabo, Daily Press, Newport News, Va.  Feb. 21--YORK -- Since 1973, Rev. Dorothy Moore and members of her congregation have planted flowers and trees and mowed the grounds of a historic tract of land home to the crumbled foundational remains of Old Charles Parish Church.
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From the first note of the piano and the clang of the cow bell, thousands of hips start to gyrate and the party begins on Havana's Malecon ocean front.
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Fidel Castro led tens of thousands of Communist Party faithful Wednesday in a celebration of the nearly suicidal barracks assault that launched the Cuban Revolution 53 years ago.
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Cubans awoke to air raid sirens Sunday and practiced shooting, putting on gas masks and doing duck-and-cover drills as the communist nation wrapped up a week of preparation after Fidel Castro's government has warned against possible attacks from the United States.
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The Rev. Nerva Cot, the first woman bishop named by the Episcopal Church in a developing nation, said she will bring a feminine touch to leadership of her rapidly expanding congregation in Cuba.
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Hurricane Ivan, with winds near 150 mph, moved toward western Cuba after ripping roofs from buildings and shutting down power in Grand Cayman.
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Cubans awoke to air raid sirens Sunday and practised shooting, putting on gas masks and doing duck-cover drills as the country wrapped up a week of preparation after President Fidel Castro&#39;s government warned against possible attacks from
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ST. FRANCISVILLE - Volunteers moved a step closer to their goal of building the first Habitat for Humanity home in West Feliciana Parish with the donation of land for the project last month.
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The first steel column is put in place for the Freedom Tower that will replace the World Trade Center in New York.
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AMERICA/CUBA - Concluso lÂincontro dei sacerdoti dellÂOCSHA: 103 sacerdoti spagnoli missionari in 20 paesi dellÂAmerica Latina L'Avana (Agenzia Fides) - La settimana scorsa, nella Casa sacerdotale San Juan MarÃ­a Vianney de LÂAvana, ha avuto luogo lÂincontro dei sacerdoti dellÂOCSHA (Opera di Cooperazione sacerdotale Ispanico-americana). Vi hanno partecipato 103 sacerdoti spa...
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Spain's Roman Catholic church has effectively placed itself in the frontline of political opposition to Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero's six month-old government by calling the first major ...
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Cubans lined up Wednesday to buy newspapers featuring photographs of a stronger-looking Fidel Castro, with the communist government eager to show he is recovering after a half-year out of power even though a new collective leadership has taken firm control.
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Established by immigrants and self-governed by a lay board that manages its assets, St. Stanislaus Kostka Catholic Church has been a place where Polish-Americans in St. Louis have nurtured their faith for 125 years.
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HAVANA, Dec. 2 -- Cubans woke before dawn Saturday and walked miles for a chance to be near Fidel Castro.