Raul Castro saw Pope Benedict XVI off this Wednesday afternoon, at Havana’s Jose Marti International Airport. The Cuban president was accompanied by governmental officials, Cardinal Jaime Ortega and other Catholic authorities.»
Cuban Revolution leader Fidel Castro, and Pope Benedict XVI met in this capital on Wednesday, shortly after a mass officiated by the Supreme Pontiff to hundreds of thousands of people.»
Pope Benedict XVI officiates a public mass in the Cuban capital at the open in the Jose Marti Revolution Square in the third day of his apostolic visit to the Caribbean island.»
President Raul Castro was present at Havana’s Jose Marti Revolution Square, where Pope Benedict XVI officiated an open-air mass, on the last day of his apostolic visit to Cuba. Raul also attended the mass celebrated in Santiago de Cuba on Monday.»
Cuban President Raul Castro and Pope Benedict XVI held a meeting this Tuesday in Havana, during the second day of the apostolic journey of the Supreme Pontiff to the island.»
Pope Benedict XVI arrived at Havana’s Jose Marti International Airport Tuesday from Santiago de Cuba on his second day in Cuba. The Supreme Pontiff was welcomed by authorities from the Government and the Catholic Church.»
Pope Benedict XVI is scheduled to meet as for Tuesday a broad agenda in Havana which includes meeting the Cuban President Raul Castro during his second day in the Caribbean island.»
Pope Benedict XVI arrived on Monday to Santiago de Cuba to kick off a three-day apostollic visit, also including a stay in Havana, the capital.»
Pope Benedict XVI will arrive in Santiago de Cuba, an eastern Cuban city, on Monday for a three-day apostolic visit to Cuba that will include public masses, tours and meetings with government and religious authorities.»
The first mass to be officiated by Pope Benedict XVI upon his arrival in Santiago de Cuba next March 26th, will be presided over by the image of the Virgin of Charity which, according to Archbishop Dionisio Garcia, will be exceptionally moved from her altar in El Cobre to the Antonio Maceo Revolution Square.»
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