{"id":31761,"date":"2012-04-05T02:15:32","date_gmt":"2012-04-05T02:15:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/site\/2017\/2\/1985\/cns_pope_reviews_trip_to_mexico_cuba_says_religious_freedom_is_needed\/"},"modified":"2012-04-05T02:15:32","modified_gmt":"2012-04-05T02:15:32","slug":"cns_pope_reviews_trip_to_mexico_cuba_says_religious_freedom_is_needed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=31761","title":{"rendered":"(CNS) Pope reviews trip to Mexico, Cuba, says religious freedom is needed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> Pope Benedict XVI said that during his recent journey to Mexico and Cuba, he experienced &#8220;unforgettable days of joy and hope.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While he went as &#8220;a witness of Jesus Christ,&#8221; it was also an opportune occasion to call for reform, especially in allowing greater religious freedom, he said.<\/p>\n<p>At his weekly general audience April 4 in St. Peter&#8217;s Square, the pope told an estimated 11,000 pilgrims and visitors about his March 23-28 visit.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.catholicnews.com\/data\/stories\/cns\/1201368.htm\">Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pope Benedict XVI said that during his recent journey to Mexico and Cuba, he experienced &#8220;unforgettable days of joy and hope.&#8221; While he went as &#8220;a witness of Jesus Christ,&#8221; it was also an opportune occasion to call for reform,<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=31761\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,50,42,206,620,197,154,636,108,364],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture-watch","category-international-news-commentary","category-religion-news-commentary","category-caribbean","category-cuba","category-mexico","category-other-churches","category-pope-benedict-xvi","category-religion-culture","category-roman-catholic"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31761"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31761\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}