http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2120797/Pope-Benedict-visits-Cuba-takes-softer-stance-Castro-regime.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
WITH 16 Excellent FOTOS
Pope Benedict visited the Virgin of Charity El Cobre (La Mambisa)...a shrine sacred to the estimated 550,000 practicing Catholics...celebrating a mass near Santiago de Cuba...the isla's 2nd largest city...after an airport welcome from President Raul Castro.
However...some 50 dissidents were detained by secret police...and others stopped from attending the ceremonies.
Pope Benedict is only the 2nd pontiff to visit the island...14 years after Pope John Paul 2's historic visit there.
The Pope will meet again with Raul Castro in La Habana...and perhaps former dictator Fidel...and celebrate a mass in Revolution Plaza on Wednesday.
Pope Benedict has called for 'a better society'...and 'renewal'...but VP economic czar Marino Murillo says there will be no political reforms.
SEE ALSO: 9x more Santiago FOTOS :
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-17522262
TO SEE: 1:55 Telegraph Video of man apprehended before Santiago mass.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1q3qEomD2A&feature=player_embedded#!
Popular Posts
- RUSSIA : Putin's Police Make Preemptive Strike On Leading Protest Opponents.
- BOLIVIA: Morales Continues Verbal Assault On USA's "Meddling"; USAID Expulsion Threatened.
- CZECH REPUBLIC: Poll Shows Czechs Finicky About Tolerance.
- URUGUAY: Prez. Mujica Popularity At Record High After 100 Days.
- ARGENTINA : Ex-President De La Rua Tried For Corruption.
- BRASIL: CBank Lowers SELIC 8th Time...To Historic 8%.
- USA / PANAMA / MIDEAST : Oil Tanker Hits Destroyer In Straits Of Hormuz...Leaving Huge Gash.
- MEXICO: Narcos "Force Down" Police Helicopter In Michoacan.
- UKRAINE / EU : Kyiv Cancels Yalta Summit...After 13 Leaders Bail; Yulia Ends Hunger Strike, Accepts Medical Treatment.
- SLOVENIA : 100,000 Public Workers Strike Over Wage Cuts; PM Jansa Under Pressure.


