USCCB: prelate welcomes policy change toward Cuba
December 18, 2014
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has issued a statement welcoming the change in US policy toward Cuba as well as the release of an American imprisoned in Cuba for five years.
“Our Conference has long held that universal human rights will be strengthened through more engagement between the Cuban and American people,” said Bishop Oscar Cantú of Las Cruces, chairman of the Committee on International Justice and Peace.
“We believe it is long past due that the United States establish full diplomatic relations with Cuba, withdraw all restrictions on travel to Cuba, rescind terrorist designations aimed at Cuba, encourage trade that will benefit both nations, lift restrictions on business and financial transactions, and facilitate cooperation in the areas of environmental protection, drug interdiction, human trafficking and scientific exchanges,” he added. “Engagement is the path to support change in Cuba and to empower the Cuban people in their quest for democracy, human rights and religious liberty.”
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