Vatican official seeks more access to Cuban media - Omaha World

HAVANA (AP) - A senior Vatican official said Friday he has asked Cuba's government to allow the Roman Catholic Church more access to mass media, saying Cubans are a religious people and should be given broadcast access to their pastors.

Currently, there are no Catholic radio stations or television stations in Cuba, a communist country in which the government controls all forms of communication.

"Our wish is for the Cuban church to have a more normal access to mass communication media," Archbishop Claudio Maria Celli, the chairman of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, said during a visit to Havana.

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