Thirteen Cuban dissidents have occupied a catholic church in Havana to protest the Cuban government’s inhumane treatment of political prisoners (read Armando Valladares’ unforgettable, if harrowing, account in Against All Hope: A Memoir of Life in Castro’s Gulag), and repression of its population.

Naturally, since the protest is not against capitalism, we will not hear a peep from any of the bishops or clerics who lent their support to the other occupy movements. Why is this? Because the mainline ecclesiastical hierarchy is more interested in ideology, money and the distribution of money than it is in people.

From here:

Thirteen Cuban dissidents have occupied a Catholic church in Havana, demanding an audience with Pope Benedict when he visits Cuba later this month.

The dissidents want the Pope to press Cuba’s communist government on issues such as the release of political prisoners and an end to repression.

The Catholic Church in Cuba condemned the protest, saying places of worship should not be used for political demonstrations.

The Pope is due in Cuba on 26 March.

Dissident William Cepera said the eight women and five men had entered the Church of Charity of Cobre in central Havana on Tuesday night.