Cardinal Jaime Ortega y Alamino, archbishop of Havana, confirmed the above in an interview published in L´Osservatore Romano.
«There are about 80 seminarians in Cuba, including those who belong to some religious orders, whereas five years ago, there were 25,» he said. He added that the increase in the number «does not mean that the quality has diminished.»
The most striking growth is in the vocations of women to the religious life. «Fifteen years ago, there were around 200 or at most, 250,» the cardinal. «Today there are close to 600.»
He mentioned the case of a young woman, whom he himself baptized in the cathedral, who has taken religious vows as a Carmelite contemplative.
