The Archbishop of Miami has recalled the suffering of persecuted Catholics in Cuba following the death of Fidel Castro.
On the day the news of Fidel Castro's death spread, Archbishop Thomas Wenski of Miami was one of the first Catholic Church officials to respond.
"Fidel Castro is dead," he wrote in a statement. "The death of this figure should lead us to invoke the patroness of Cuba, the Virgin of Charity, calling for peace for Cuba and its people."
Later that day at Ermita de la Caridad, a Miami shrine that honours Cuba's patron Our Lady of Charity of El Cobre he spoke about the persecuted people of Cuba and encouraged those gathered to prayer to Cuba's patroness.
