WCC blasts U.S. for preventing event in Cuba
The head of the World Council of Churches is blasting U.S. policy on Cuba for preventing a scheduled meeting of the Latin American Council of Churches in the communist island nation.
WCC General Secretary Olav Fykse Tveit said the cold war–era policy infringes on religious freedom.
The dispute arose when a Miami branch of an Ecuadorian bank froze a deposit of $101,000 that was made by the Latin American church group’s headquarters in Quito, Ecuador, according to the WCC, which represents 560 million Protestant and Orthodox Christians.