12-Apr-2000 -- EWTN News Brief

HAVANA (CWNews.com) - Cuba's Catholic bishops announced on Monday there will be no public Holy Week processions in the Communist country this year for the first time since Pope John Paul II visited the island in 1998.

Orlando Marquez, director of the Catholic Press Office, said during Holy Week "there will be no special religious processions held on public roadways." He added, "This decision has been communicated by the respective local authorities to the different dioceses of the Church."

Processions were authorized by the Communist government for the first time in 1998, after the Holy Father's historic visit that January, and several cities throughout the country hosted Good Friday processions through city streets.

Sources in Cuba have said the Communist government is beginning to revoke some of the liberties previously granted to the Catholic Church following the papal visit, increasing surveillance of Catholics and abruptly cancelling previously approved public events.

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