Tag: Jaime Ortega

• Monday, July 29th 2019 - 09:02 UTC

  Cuban officials at funeral of Havana's Cardinal Ortega who reinstated working relations between Church and the regime

  

  Cuban government and Communist Party officials attended funeral services for Roman Catholic Cardinal Jaime Ortega on Sunday in a testament to his success in elevating the Church's position on the Caribbean island after the fall of the Soviet Union.

• Monday, May 3rd 2010 - 07:43 UTC

  Cuban “Ladies in White” Allowed to March on Catholic Church Request

  

  Roman Catholic Cardinal Jaime Ortega announced Sunday he managed to convince Cuban authorities to lift the month-long ban on street protests by “Ladies in White”—the wives and mothers of political prisoners.