A member of the Cuban Red Cross takes pictures inside Calvary Baptist Church, damaged by an explosion that devastated Havana's Hotel Saratoga in Old Havana, Cuba, on May 6, 2022.

HAVANA — Cuba has allowed construction of the country’s first new Catholic church in 55 years, the church said Monday. Experts said it’s a sign of improving relations between the Vatican and ...

The church is planning to restore Saint Thomas de Villanueva chapel in Havana along with more a dozen more churches, parish houses and other buildings as part of a quiet reconciliation between the ...

Cuba hotel blast kills more than 20 00:25. Havana — The death toll from a powerful explosion at a luxury hotel in Cuba's capital increased to 35 Monday as search crews with dogs hunted through ...

HAVANA, Cuba – At the historic San Francisco de Paula church, in a working-class neighborhood of Havana, Auxiliary Bishop Alfredo Petit recently walked the long hallways where priests, nuns and ...

Part 1 of 3: Beyond the Headlines. HAVANA — In a run-down church, half hidden by a giant city dumpster, a lively priest sits behind an old brown desk near a faded picture of Mary.

HAVANA — The Catholic Church in communist-run Cuba, which has been instrumental to resolving political tensions in the past, is proposing a national dialogue to help resolve the economic crisis ...

CHURCH SUPPORT IN CUBA.; Bishop of Havana Informs the Clergy that Private Maintenance Is Now Necessary. Share full article. Jan. 15, 1899. Credit... The New York Times Archives.

Many Cubans believe that this means a new anti-church campaign against the few Catholic priests still remaining in Cuba. Since taking power in 1959, Castro has whittled their numbers from 600 to 220.