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Havana, Cuba, Jul 25, 2012 \/ 04:06 pm (CNA<\/a>).- Cardinal Jaime Ortega of Havana recalled his friendship with the leader of the Christian Liberation Movement, Oswaldo Paya, saying the late dissident's activism found inspiration in the Catholic faith.<\/p>\n

\tDuring the funeral Mass on Tuesday for Paya, who died in a car accident on July 22, Cardinal Rivara said, \u201cOswaldo clearly had a vocation to politics, and as a good Christian, this did not take him away from his faith or his religious practice. \u00a0<\/p>\n

\tOn the contrary, he always sought inspiration in his Christian faith for his political activities,\u201d the cardinal said.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cOswaldo lived the piercing role of being a lay Christian with a political philosophy in complete fidelity to his ideas, without as a consequence ceasing to be faithful to the Church until the end of his days.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tThe cardinal also recalled the words Pope Benedict XVI spoke during his departure address in Havana, in which he said that in Cuba, \u201cNobody should be kept from joining in this passionate task through the restricting of their fundamental rights and from obtaining the necessary strength to build a society in solidarity in which nobody feels excluded.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tParticipation in the public life of the country is a duty of the laity and not the Church hierarchy, he stressed.<\/p>\n

\tDuring the Mass attended by hundreds of Cubans, Cardinal Rivera also read a message of condolence from Pope Benedict XVI, who expressed his \u201cspiritual closeness\u201d to Paya\u2019s family and his desire for the \u201cfull recovery\u201d of those wounded in the accident, which also took the life of dissident Harold Cepero.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cBenedict XVI asks that his deepest condolences and spiritual closeness by expressed to the families of the deceased, and he implores the Almighty for the complete recovery of those who were injured,\u201d the message said.<\/p>\n

\tAfter the Mass, family members and friends attended the burial at the Colon Cemetery in Havana.<\/p>\n

\tDissidents and members of the opposition in Cuba posted messages on Twitter denouncing the government for dispatching agents around the church during the funeral Mass. Local officials have also come under fire over suspicions that Paya's death was carried out by the government.<\/p>\n

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