{"id":71919,"date":"2025-12-17T10:45:48","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T10:45:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=71919"},"modified":"2025-12-17T10:45:48","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T10:45:48","slug":"consecrated-life-perseveres-in-cuba-despite-a-lack-of-vocations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/learn\/consecrated-life-perseveres-in-cuba-despite-a-lack-of-vocations\/","title":{"rendered":"La vita consacrata persevera a Cuba nonostante la mancanza di vocazioni"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n Daughters of Charity Congregation in Cuba. \/ Credit: Archdiocese of Havana<\/span>\n<\/div>\n

ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 15, 2025 \/ 08:00 am (CNA).<\/p>\n

Cuba is facing a shortage of religious vocations to the point that the country is losing almost one women\u2019s religious congregation each year. Even so, the presence of consecrated men and women remains an indispensable pillar for sustaining the Church\u2019s evangelizing mission on the island.<\/p>\n

In an interview with ACI Prensa, CNA\u2019s Spanish-language news partner, Father Ricardo Alberto Sola, president of the Cuban Conference of Religious, explained that consecrated life on the island \u201cis very rich,\u201d although it has suffered a significant decline in recent years.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are losing almost one women\u2019s religious congregation per year, as they leave Cuba due to the vocational crisis and their inability to maintain their presence because of a shortage of people,\u201d the priest warned.<\/p>\n

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A nun speaks to Cuban children. Credit: Archdiocese of Havana<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The priest noted that there are currently about 118 religious congregations in Cuba, mostly female, with around 700 sisters and just over 140 priests from 65 different countries. According to figures from the pontifical institution Aid to the Church in Need, there are a total of 370 priests (religious and diocesan) in the country, for a ratio of one priest per 20,872 faithful.<\/p>\n

Despite this situation, Sola said that \u201cconsecrated life in Cuba is fundamental to fulfilling the mission of faith and the Gospel in Cuba\u201d and warned that, without them, \u201cmore than half of the services would collapse today; they wouldn\u2019t be sustainable.\u201d<\/p>\n

He insisted on the urgent need to \u201cnurture and strengthen\u201d this presence, which is essential for pastoral work on the island.<\/p>\n

To learn firsthand about the situation of vocations in Cuba, Cardinal \u00c1ngel Fern\u00e1ndez Artime, pro-prefect of the Vatican Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, and Daniela Leggio, head of the promotion and formation section, visited the country from Nov. 22 to Dec. 2.<\/p>\n

According to Sola, the cardinal traveled for 15 hours by road from Havana to La Caridad de Cobre, where he held several meetings in which he \u201cspoke with everyone, gave them his blessing, listened to their problems and the urgent needs of the country.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sola said this visit reaffirmed the commitment of those in consecrated life to \u201cbe at the service of the people, and especially the most needy and the communities having the hardest time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Questa storia <\/em>\u00e8 stata pubblicata per la prima volta<\/em><\/a> di ACI Prensa, partner di notizie in lingua spagnola di CNA. \u00c8 stato tradotto e adattato da CNA.<\/em><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/268457\/consecrated-life-perseveres-in-cuba-despite-a-lack-of-vocations<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Daughters of Charity Congregation in Cuba. \/ Credit: Archdiocese of Havana ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 15, 2025 \/ 08:00 am (CNA). Cuba is facing a shortage of religious vocations to the point that the country is losing almost one women\u2019s religious congregation each year. 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