Jose Conrado: “I ask Pope Francisco to be firm with the rulers.”
/ Ramiro Pellet Lastra  An interview with Father José Conrado,
from Cuba, by La Nacion newspaper.  Photo: The Pope, yesterday,
leaving the Mass he gave on the day of St. Ignatius of Loyola.
Photo: AFP  By Ramiro Pellet Lastra  | LA NACION    José Conrado
describes himself as a “small-town priest.” But from his parish
in Santiago de Cuba, or in the colonial city of Trinidad, to
where he was transferred, he throws verbal darts with a
“language of the barricade” against corruption, repression, and
other hallmarks of the Cuban government. Close to the dissident
movements, Conrado has suffered pressure, aggression and even
exile.  But he has continued denouncing the leadership of his
country, as in this dialogue with LA NATION newspaper, during a
visit to Buenos Aires, after attending the World Youth Day in
Rio de Janeiro.  Conrado only set aside denunciation in favor of
enthusiastic praise when he analyzes Francisco‘s performance at
the head of the