Archive for tag: Jubilee

Archive pour tag : Jubilee

Taking up the spirit of the recently inaugurated Holy Year 2025, the Cuban government has announced the release of 553 people currently serving prison sentences.

Cuba said it would gradually release the prisoners “in the spirit of the Ordinary Jubilee of the year 2025 declared by His Holiness” following a “thorough analysis” of the legal and humanitarian avenues to enact their release, Cuba’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced in a statement Jan. 14.

The statement did not specify who would be among the 553 prisoners designated to be released.

That same day, the White House announced that it will no longer designate Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism and that it would eliminate some restrictions on Cuba.

The White House said the actions were steps “to support the Cuban people as part of an understanding with the Catholic Church under the leadership of Pope Francis and improve the livelihoods of Cubans.”
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Posted: Jan. 15, 2025 • Permanent link: ecumenism.net/?p=14460
Categories: CNSIn this article: Cuba, Jubilee, Pope Francis
Transmis : 15 janv. 2025 • Lien permanente : ecumenism.net/?p=14460
Catégorie : CNSDans cet article : Cuba, Jubilee, Pope Francis

by Jason Warick, Saskatoon Star Phoenix More than 37,000 Saskatchewan residents have joined 20 million people worldwide in signing a petition calling for Third World debt relief. The petition will be presented to the leaders of the world’s seven wealthiest countries at their meeting this weekend in Germany. Nick Jesson, director for the Saskatoon Centre
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Posted: June 18, 1999 • Permanent link: ecumenism.net/?p=6024
Categories: NewsIn this article: Jubilee, third world debt
Transmis : 18 juin 1999 • Lien permanente : ecumenism.net/?p=6024
Catégorie : NewsDans cet article : Jubilee, third world debt

The World Council of Churches (WCC) has strongly criticised the G8 proposals for solving the debt crisis in a statement released during a press conference here on Wednesday, June 9. In the statement, WCC general secretary Konrad Raiser with Sam Kobia, director of the WCC cluster “Issues and Themes” called on G8 leaders to adopt a more radical approach at their meeting beginning in Cologne, Germany, on June 18.
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Posted: June 9, 1999 • Permanent link: ecumenism.net/?p=6540
Categories: WCC NewsIn this article: Jubilee, third world debt
Transmis : 9 juin 1999 • Lien permanente : ecumenism.net/?p=6540
Catégorie : WCC NewsDans cet article : Jubilee, third world debt