“Cuba is the first Latin American country to eradicate HIV, Panama has almost epidemic alarming figures, a lot to learn. Get Tested!,” she said.
Among the many messages posted in her account after attending the Mass celebrated yesterday by Pope Francis in Havana, she highlighted the invitation to the Pope to visit the her country in 2019.
“I bring to you the message of faith and love of all the people of Panama, Holy Father, we hope for your visit to our country in 2019, we are waiting,” she wrote.
Castillo, who visited the Caribbean island last week, stressed the spirit of unity and brotherhood that the continent lives today, and that is why Panama is present in this papal journey.
“Unity and blessings to whole America, Panama is present and all that light and love for our country. Whoever does not live to serve, does not deserve to live', she said, referring to one of the phrases that the Bishop of Rome said during the first Mass in Revolution Square in Havana.
“There is no true peace if it is not accompanied by fairness, truth, justice and solidarity,” said the First Lady in reference to a message by Pope John Paul II, who was the first pope to visit Cuba in 1998.
Lorena Castillo traveled last Thursday to the island in order to seek experiences in the conservation of Old Havana and education for children with physical and motor disabilities in special school Solidarity with Panama, which recently was visited by Panamanian President Juan Carlos Varela.
As part of the work of the Secretariat for Coordination of Community Affairs, headed by the First Lady, attention to social issues has been considered such as management support of the National Government.
The agenda also included a meeting with Cardinal Jaime Ortega, Archbishop of Havana, before returning to her country on Monday.
The first Latin American pope concluded his visit to the Caribbean country in the eastern province of Santiago de Cuba, from where he will travel to the US to visit New York, Washington and Philadelphia.
This last city will host the 8th World Meeting of Families.
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