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U.S. Bishops Ask End to Cuba Travel Ban
WASHINGTON, D.C., MARCH 26, 2007 (Zenit.org).-
The U.S. bishops' conference is urging Congress to pass legislation to end
travel restrictions to Cuba and encourage more contact between citizens of both
nations.
Bishop Thomas Wenski, chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committee on International
Policy, sent a letter to Representative Charles Rangel of New York, commending
him and other lawmakers for sponsoring a bill that would permit travel between
the United States and Cuba.
The U.S. episcopal conference "has for many years consistently called for
relaxing the sanctions against Cuba," said Bishop Wenski. "These policies have
largely failed to achieve greater freedom, democracy and respect for human
life."
Bishop Wenski added: "It continues to be our position that the goals of
improving the lives of the Cuban people and encouraging democracy in Cuba will
best be advanced through more rather than less contact between the Cuban and
American people."
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