Benedict XVI’s secretary of state has called the U.S. economic embargo against Cuba “ethically unacceptable.”Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone reiterated Monday the opposition of the Holy See to the economic embargo against Cuba in a joint press conference with the country’s Foreign Minister Felipe Pérez Roque.
“The Holy See repeats the words of Pope John Paul II: The embargo is ethically unacceptable,” said the Vatican representative. “It is an oppression for the Cuban people and it is not a means to help the Cuban people win their dignity and independence. It’s a violation of the independence of the people.”
The cardinal revealed that he asked the U.S. government to facilitate the reunification of Cuban families, of which many members have emmigrated to the United States.
Cardinal Bertone said this gesture would be a “humanitarian” one. “We will make every effort possible in that direction,” he added.
Cubans residing in the United States are by law only allowed to visit their families every three years.
More. (HT: Laudem Gloriae). Einstein once famously described insanity as “doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” After nearly 50 years of trying to use the embargo to destabilize the Cuban regime, isn’t it time to consider trying something else?
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