Two Clerics Differ On Cuban Reform. (cover story)

ORTEGA, Jaime; RODRIGUEZ, Jose Conrado; CATHOLIC Church; CATHOLIC Church & state; CATHOLIC priests; CATHOLIC Church & politics

The article discusses dissenting views between Cuban Catholic clerics Jaime Ortega and José Conrado Rodríguez on reform in Cuba and the Church's role in it. Ortega, who is a cardinal and the leading Catholic authority in Cuba, is moderate in his criticisms of the Cuban government. Rodríguez, a priest in the city of Santiago, is much more outspoken and believes the Church has a moral duty to voice opposition to Communism.