Cubans from different religions will receive Pope Benedict XVI, who will visit Cuba from next 26th to the 28th of March, said Miguel Barnet, president of the National Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba (UNEAC)

Havana / NationalTurk – Cubans from different religions will receive Pope Benedicto XVI, who will visit Cuba from next 26th to the 28th of March.

With only a week to go until Pope Benedict XVI is scheduled to make the second papal visit to Cuba in 14 years, joyful anticipation ought to be buoying the island’s Christians.

Pope visits Cuba : Ladies in White not happy

However, as the visit by Pope Benedict XVI looms, Cuban police in Havana arrested over 50 activists, including members of the Ladies in White group, amid a surge in anti-government protests in Cuba. Cuban authorities detained about 70 members of the dissident group Ladies in White over the weekend, drawing fresh attention to human rights issues days ahead of a visit by Pope Benedict XVI.

Pope Benedicto XVI stated before his visit to Mexico and Cuba he was going to ‘confirm the faith of Christians in these beloved nations and all of Latin America” and to help spur progress in both countries with a renewal of the faith.

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