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I write in response to the return of the Diocese of Cuba to The Episcopal Church after 52 years of lonely existence. They were forced out in the 60s basically on political grounds around the Bay of Pigs fiasco. They did not wish to leave the Episcopal Church, nor their brothers and sisters, and in many cases, true families in the US. When we debated the resolution that accomplished this at General Convention, our former Presiding Bishop Katherine Jefferts Schori rose and challenged the House of Bishops to help fund the pension gap for clergy who have served in the Diocese of Cuba since they were pushed out of this Church.
You can watch a video of the presentation of this resolution in the House of Deputies
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| DioNC at #GC79: House of Deputies Concurs to Welcome Cuba Back to The Episcopal Church |
Clergy in Cuba have no access to state…
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