Our Lady of Charity and Cuban Reconciliation

• In Event: Popular Religion and Emerging Meanings: The Caribbean and South Florida

Abstract

Our Lady of Charity of Cuba has meant many things to the Cuban people and religion over history, culturally and theologically. Today she is becoming a symbol of reconciliation, something that needs further study in light of the historical and literary evolution of this symbol of Cuban identity.

Author

• Ondina Cortes, St. Thomas University