Spaces of Care and Kinship. Catholic Charities and Social Presence in Cuba, 1991-2021

On a Sunday morning, Catholic communities around Cuba celebrate the Mass as the liturgical focal point of the week. Although the estimates are that approximately 60 percent of Cubans are baptized in the Catholic Church, only 1-2 percent regularly attend religious services. In this group, the elderly...

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Autores:
Kuivala, Petra
Tipo de recurso:
Part of book
Fecha de publicación:
2023
Institución:
Universidad Sergio Arboleda
Repositorio:
Repositorio U. Sergio Arboleda
Idioma:
spa
OAI Identifier:
oai:repository.usergioarboleda.edu.co:11232/1965
Acceso en línea:
http://hdl.handle.net/11232/1965
Palabra clave:
Iglesia Católica y problemas sociales - Cuba – 1991 – 2021
Asistencia social católica – Cuba
Asistencia a la vejez – Cuba -1991-2021
Ancianos – Asistencia institucional – Cuba - 1991-2021
Iglesia y Estado – Cuba
Church and social problems - Catholic Church – Cuba – 1991-2021
Catholic social assistance – Cuba
Old age assistance – Cuba - 1991-2021
Church and state – Cuba
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openAccess
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Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 2.5 Colombia (CC BY-NC-ND 2.5 CO)
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Summary:On a Sunday morning, Catholic communities around Cuba celebrate the Mass as the liturgical focal point of the week. Although the estimates are that approximately 60 percent of Cubans are baptized in the Catholic Church, only 1-2 percent regularly attend religious services. In this group, the elderly especially women constitute the daily protagonists of religious belonging and activities (observation, March 2015; observation, January 2021).