The Catholic Travel Logue

Cuba is a country very unique. Their culture is, of all people who came during the years of colonization: the Chinese, Spaniards and Africans enriched. Here, the Yoruba religion practiced wide study of syncretism and its development over the centuries has held hourly. You should consider whether you are traveling to Cuba to spend your vacation time and to know that you can easily plan all aspects of the underlying syncretic the daily lives of Cubans regard.

Into the West Coast of Africa, the territory of Nigeria, is the holy city of Ife, the cradle of the world for the Africans, the birthplace of the religion, their religion, because of the infamous slave trade moved to the New World and have been here, where slave, with a body liturgical SA alone, without depending on something or maintain a relationship with the subordinate place of origin, the holy city of Ife.

The rule of OCHA in Cuba is not to the Spiritual Guide, or Obbas Government of the African continent, because it is a very Creole, sits in the belief from the African mainland. It does not depend on the patterns of high religious Obbas Nigeria and Dahomey. As a rule of OCHA, each house of the church is the basis for an individual agreement with the teachings of his ancestors. The basics of Santeria are rooted in the Catholic Church. In Cuba, by the mid-19th Century, a reorganization of Santeria for the first time we know, has led to the unification of the sects specific Orishas to the earth by black slaves from Africa, enforced from regions in which various orishas.

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St. Louis Cathedral is the oldest active cathedral in the United States, although in this building has been here for 1794th It replaced two earlier structures that were destroyed in the fires of 1788 and 1794.

The first fire to destroy the French Quarter has occurred on the afternoon of March 21, 1788 and began when the candle stuck in the chapel of a private house on fire, spread to curtains and the rest of the building. Since that day, Good Friday, a Catholic holiday, it would not allow church leaders that the church bells ringing like a fire alarm. The fire could not be verified and quickly spread to the rest of the city. It took five hours and destroyed more than 800 buildings.

The second fire began December 8, 1794, when some children were playing with fire. Although only 212 buildings were destroyed, was the financial loss resulting from the second fire is much greater than in the first fire. Fires have been a boon for New Orleans. The Spanish governor ordered to build the French Quarter in Spanish architecture, with few changes from the previous French were again to reduce the risk of fire. New buildings should be built next to each other, without lane could act in a wind tunnel between the spread of fire. The buildings were constructed right on the road and tile roofs. The brick buildings of new structures included many more than before.

There are some dark pieces of trivia Mother Teresa not be familiar, was the most people, as what his real name (it’s Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhlu), but there are many things about this famous religious announce the population as a whole. The fact that it is a great humanitarian, Nobel Peace Prize and an inspiration to millions around the world known, but there are many more obscure facts about this Albanian nun that could arise during a game Mother Teresa.

For example, did you know why Mother Teresa chose the name Teresa? Many Catholic nuns to abandon their maiden names, names with religious significance upon completion of their novitiate, and swear vows as a nun. It has an interest in missionary work in the stories they hear in their childhood, that first led her to serve God, and so she took the name Teresa after Saint Teresa of Lisieux: Patron Saint of missionaries. It is an interesting point, do not know Mother Teresa for many tests.

It was in Calcutta that Mother Teresa found her vocation, but she should bring her Missionaries of Charity, caring for people in need. Mother Teresa often Trivia concern of this organization because a large part of his legacy. It has grown from 13 members of a global organization with more than 4,000 religious work in its various incarnations around the world.

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