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Rolando Mauro Verdecia \u00c1vila<\/strong>, General Coordinator<\/strong>, Area de Formation and Study<\/strong>, Cuban Council of Churches<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This March 11 makes two years since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic in Cuba. This has been an extraordinarily complex and challenging time for Cubans, marked by fear, anxiety, sickness, scarcity of medicines and medical supplies, the collapse of hospitals and health centers, and the death of loved ones. We have also been affected by the loss of jobs, increased prices of essential products for daily life, and the Cuban peso’s progressive devaluation. Numerous internal and external factors have contributed to the pandemic that has made life more difficult and tested the resilience of the Cuban people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this context, the Cuban Churches and ecumenical movement have been equally impacted and challenged to find new ways of responding to the vocation and commitment to service as an essential part of the Christian mission. Therefore, they have become channels of solidarity, care, and support for Cuban families and communities throughout these two years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To reflect on the challenges, opportunities, and lessons learned during the period, from theological and pastoral perspectives, the Cuban Council of Churches held the Symposium entitled “A Church that Renews its Mission in Times of Pandemic.” The Symposium was held on March 9th and 10th<\/sup>, 2022. This space is a part of the project Community Ecumenical Pastoral for the Unity of the Cuban Church<\/em>, which the Area of Formation and Study of this institution has been implementing since 2020, with the support of the German cooperation agency Bread for the World.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Symposium gathered representatives from Churches and ecumenical institutions throughout the country, who shared their experiences of support in solidarity with the people and health institutions in the most challenging days of the pandemic. They also reflected on how this complex context led them to develop alternatives and strategies to respond more effectively to the numerous challenges they had to face. These strategies included working in networks and the establishment or strengthening of alliances with other Cuban civil society organizations, which contributed to a more holistic nature and renovation of the mission and the promotion of ecumenical spirit and cooperation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the close of the Symposium, the participants identified the need to develop and\/or deepen actions and initiatives geared towards care and accompaniment of families and communities, especially for managing grief for the loss of loved ones, friends, and neighbors due to Covid-19. In addition, to work on conflict mediation to promote reconciliation and cultivate a spirituality that fosters common values of the religions and beliefs that exist within the Cuban people. All of this is a coherent response to the Churches’ mission and the ecumenical movement in our country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Este 11 de marzo se han cumplido dos a\u00f1os desde que comenzara la pandemia de Covid-19 en Cuba. Este ha sido un tiempo extraordinariamente complejo y desafiante para las cubanas y cubanos, marcado por el temor, la ansiedad, la enfermedad, el d\u00e9ficit de medicamentos e insumos m\u00e9dicos, el colapso de los hospitales y centros de salud, y la muerte de seres queridos. Pero tambi\u00e9n nos hemos visto afectados por la p\u00e9rdida de empleos, el encarecimiento de los productos b\u00e1sicos para la vida cotidiana y la creciente devaluaci\u00f3n monetaria. En todo este panorama han repercutido numerosos factores tanto de orden interno como externo, que han hecho m\u00e1s dif\u00edcil la vida y puesto a prueba la capacidad de resistencia del pueblo cubano.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

En medio de este contexto, las Iglesias y el movimiento ecum\u00e9nico cubanos se han visto igualmente impactados y desafiados a encontrar nuevas maneras de responder a su vocaci\u00f3n y compromiso de servicio, como parte integral de la misi\u00f3n cristiana. Es as\u00ed que, durante estos dos a\u00f1os, se han convertido en canales de solidaridad, cuidado y acompa\u00f1amiento para las familias y comunidades cubanas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A fin de reflexionar desde la teolog\u00eda y la pastoral acerca de los desaf\u00edos, oportunidades y aprendizajes experimentados en el transcurso de este per\u00edodo, el Consejo de Iglesias de Cuba ha realizado los d\u00edas 9 y 10 de marzo el Simposio \u201cUna Iglesia que renueva su misi\u00f3n en tiempos de pandemia\u201d. Este espacio forma parte de las acciones del proyecto Pastoral ecum\u00e9nica comunitaria por la unidad de la Iglesia cubana<\/em>, que desde 2020 viene implementando el \u00c1rea de Formaci\u00f3n y Estudio de esta instituci\u00f3n, con el apoyo de la agencia alemana de cooperaci\u00f3n Pan para el Mundo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

El Simposio reuni\u00f3 a representantes de Iglesias e instituciones ecum\u00e9nicas de todo el pa\u00eds, quienes compartieron sus experiencias de apoyo solidario al pueblo y a las instituciones de salud en los d\u00edas m\u00e1s dif\u00edciles de la pandemia. Asimismo, reflexionaron en torno a c\u00f3mo este contexto tan complejo les llev\u00f3 a desarrollar alternativas y estrategias para responder de manera m\u00e1s efectiva a los numerosos desaf\u00edos a que se tuvieron que enfrentar, como la articulaci\u00f3n en redes y el establecimiento o fortalecimiento de alianzas con otras instituciones de la sociedad civil cubana, lo cual repercuti\u00f3 positivamente en una mayor integralidad y renovaci\u00f3n de la misi\u00f3n, as\u00ed como en la promoci\u00f3n del esp\u00edritu y la cooperaci\u00f3n ecum\u00e9nicos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Al cierre del Simposio, las y los participantes identificaron la necesidad de desarrollar y\/o profundizar acciones e iniciativas dirigidas al cuidado y el acompa\u00f1amiento de las familias y comunidades, sobre todo en lo que se refiere al manejo del duelo por la p\u00e9rdida de seres queridos, amigos y vecinos a causa de la Covid-19. De igual manera, trabajar en la mediaci\u00f3n de conflictos para promover la reconciliaci\u00f3n, y cultivar una espiritualidad que potencie los valores comunes de las religiones y creencias existentes en medio del pueblo cubano. Todo ello como respuesta coherente de la misi\u00f3n de las Iglesias y el movimiento ecum\u00e9nico en nuestro pa\u00eds.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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