This is Chapter 23 of my novel, The Pope’s Secret.
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Chapter 23: “The Monsignor’s Insomnia”
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Chapter Twenty-One: “Gierek Meets the Comandante”
This is Chapter 21 of my novel, The Pope’s Secret. Virtually all the lines spoken by Mr. Castro in this chapter are direct quotes from Fidel on Religion by Brazil’s Frei Betto who personally gave me permission to use those statements verbatim.
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Chapter 20: “An Invitation from Fidel”
This is Chapter 20 from my novel, The Pope’s Secret.
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Chapter 19: “The Jinetera at the Bar”
This is Chapter 19 of my novel, The Pope’s Secret.
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Chapter 18: “Questions about Damiana?”
This is Chapter 18 of my in-progress novel whose title I am now changing to The Pope’s Secret. Doesn’t that seem better than The Pope, His Chamberlain, the Jinetera, and Fidel?
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Chapter Seventeen: “Damiana and the Pope”
This is Chapter 17 of my novel The Pope, His Chamberlain, the Jinetera, and Fidel: a novel about Cuba, Prostitution and the Catholic Church. For previous chapters, just scroll down.
Chapter Fifteen: “Damiana’s Proposition”
This is Chapter 15 of my novel, The Pope, His Chamberlain, the Jinetera, and Fidel: a novel about Cuba, prostitution, and the Catholic Church.
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Chapter Fourteen: “Cuba’s Salsa Culture”
This is chapter 14 in my audio novel: The Pope, His Chamberlain, the Jinetera, and Fidel: a novel about Cuba, prostitution and the Catholic Church. For previous chapters, please scroll down.
In this chapter, note the connection between property and the defense of the revolution. “Liberation of Cuba” would mean that rich Miamians would return to “reclaim” the homes and businesses now belonging to previously propertyless ordinary Cubans. Defending those homes and businesses against Miamians (and other U.S. “entrepreneurs”) represents a major reason why the clear majority of Cubans defend the revolution. They don’t want to be turned out of the homes they now own.
Chapter Nine: “The Santera’s Disturbing Prophecy”
This is Chapter Nine in my novel, The Pope, His Chamberlain, the Jinetera, and Fidel: a novel about Cuba, prostitution, and the Catholic Church. (Scroll down for previous chapters.)
Chapter Eight: “Lost in Translation”
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I know that listeners will find this hard to believe. However, what’s recorded in this chapter actually occurred during the 1997 meeting of our Global Affairs group with the director of Caritas in Havana. The translator rebelled just as depicted here.
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