EL COBRE, Cuba — Ramon Nieblas fixed his tearful eyes on the small golden statue, a beloved icon of Cuba’s patron saint. Whispering, he asked the Virgin of Charity of Cobre for a miracle ...

A small statue of the Virgin Mary with purportedly miraculous origins has served as a national symbol of Cuba and those of Cuban descent for the past four centuries — and is the patron saint of ...

She wore a golden dress and cape, not the usual blue, and the crescent moon, often paired with the Virgin, pointed down, not up. Everybody in Cuba knows her story: In 1612, in a bay to the ...

We don't turn them away." Gifts for this Cuban version of the Virgin Mary are also accepted with open arms. A treasure chest contains precious jewels donated to the Virgin over the years ...

Pope Benedict XVI committed Cuba's future to the intercession of the Virgin Mary, as he prayed for the suffering and oppressed during his visit to the Shrine of Our Lady of Cobre on March 27.

EL COBRE, Cuba – In the parish of Our Lady of Charity ... Gonzalez believes in the 17th century legend that the Virgin Mary appeared to the three Juans, an African slave and two natives ...

The archbishop of Santiago de Cuba, Dionisio Guillermo García, offered a lengthy prayer before the nation’s patroness, the Virgin of Charity of Cobre, on Palm Sunday, imploring the Virgin for ...

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Gifts for this Cuban version of the Virgin Mary are accepted with open arms. A treasure chest contains precious jewels donated to the Virgin over the years, some of which were used for her ...

We don’t turn them away.” Gifts for this Cuban version of the Virgin Mary are also accepted with open arms. A treasure chest contains precious jewels donated to the Virgin over the years ...

People light candles in honor of Cuba's patron saint, the Virgin of Charity of Cobre, at her shrine in El Cobre, Cuba, Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024. The Vatican-recognized Virgin, venerated by Catholics ...