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Pope Benedict XVI visits Mexico and Cuba After his first visit to Mexico, Pope Benedict stopped in Cuba, formerly an officially atheist country.
March 28, 2012
Pope Benedict XVI walks to the altar to celebrate an open-air Mass at Revolution Square in Havana.
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March 28, 2012
Pope Benedict XVI meets with Fidel Castro in Havana.
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Pope Benedict XVI waves to the crowd as he arrives at Havana’s Revolution Square for a Mass.
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March 28, 2012
People watch as Pope Benedict XVI celebrates Mass at Revolution Square on the last day of his three-day visit in Havana. Fourteen years after Pope John Paul II visited Cuba, Pope Benedict made his first trip to the communist country.
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March 28, 2012
People await the arrival of Pope Benedict XVI for his Mass at Revolution Square in Havana.
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March 28, 2012
A woman wears a rosary on her head during a Mass celebrated by Pope Benedict XVI at Revolution Square in Havana.
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March 28, 2012
Pope Benedict XVI offers Mass at Revolution Square in Havana.
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March 28, 2012
Pope Benedict XVI waves to the crowd as he arrives to celebrate a mass at Revolution Square in Havana.
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Pope Benedict XVI arrives to celebrate a mass at Revolution Square in Havana.
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March 27, 2012
Cuban President Raul Castro waves near Pope Benedict XVI at the Revolution Palace in Havana. A translator stands between them.
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March 27, 2012
Cuban President Raul Castro, center, looks at a replica of Tolomeus Geography book given to him as a present by Pope Benedict XVI, right, at the Revolution Palace in Havana.
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March 27, 2012
Cuba's President Raul Castro, right, and Pope Benedict XVI meet in Havana. The meeting took place behind closed doors on the pontiff's second day on the island.
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March 27, 2012
Pope Benedict XVI is greeted by children as he arrives at Jose Marti airport in Havana.
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March 27, 2012
Pope Benedict XVI arrives at Jose Marti airport with Cuban Cardinal Jaime Ortega Jaramillo, right, in Havana.
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March 27, 2012
Pope Benedict XVI, left, arrives at Jose Marti airport with Cuban Cardinal Jaime Ortega Jaramillo in Havana.
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March 27, 2012
Pope Benedict XVI arrives in Havana.
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March 27, 2012
Pope Benedict XVI receives a floral gift by a nun during a visit at the sanctuary of the "Virgen de la Caridad del Cobre" in Santiago de Cuba.
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March 27, 2012
Pope Benedict XVI is greeted by children during his visit at the sanctuary of the Virgin of Charity of Cobre, Cuba's patron saint, in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.
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March 27, 2012
Pope Benedict XVI, accompanied by Cuban President Raul Castro, left, is greeted by children upon his arrival at Antonio Maceo international airport in Santiago de Cuba, 570 miles southeast of Havana.
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March 26, 2012
Pope Benedict XVI attends a Mass in Antonio Maceo square in Santiago de Cuba. The pope landed in eastern Cuba on Monday for a three-day visit to showcase improving relations between the Catholic Church and the state and to push for a larger Church role at a time of change on the communist island.
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March 26, 2012
Pope Benedict XVI celebrates a Mass in Antonio Maceo square in Santiago de Cuba.
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March 26, 2012
Pope Benedict XVI, center, celebrates Mass at the Antonio Maceo Revolution Square in Santiago de Cuba.
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March 26, 2012
Pope Benedict XVI celebrates a Mass in Antonio Maceo square in Santiago de Cuba.
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March 26, 2012
Pope Benedict XVI, center, celebrates Mass at the Antonio Maceo Revolution Square in Santiago de Cuba.
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March 26, 2012
Pope Benedict XVI celebrates the holy Mass on the occasion of the 400th anniversary of the the discovery of the image of the "Virgen de la Caridad del Cobre" at Antonio Maceo square in Santiago de Cuba.
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March 26, 2012
Prelates attend Pope Benedict XVI’s holy Mass on the occasion of the 400th anniversary of the the discovery of the image of the "Virgen de la Caridad del Cobre" at Antonio Maceo square in Santiago de Cuba.
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March 26, 2012
Pope Benedict XVI celebrates a Mass in Antonio Maceo square in Santiago de Cuba.
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March 26, 2012
A crowd attends a Mass celebrated by Pope Benedict XVI at the Revolution Square in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.
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March 26, 2012
Pope Benedict XVI waves from the popemobile as he arrives for a Mass at the Revolution Square in Santiago de Cuba. Fourteen years after Pope John Paul II visited Cuba, Pope Benedict is making his first trip to the communist country.
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March 26, 2012
People wave flags as Pope Benedict XVI is being driven around the streets of Santiago de Cuba.
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March 26, 2012
Pope Benedict XVI sits as Cuba's President Raul Castro speaks during his welcome ceremony at the airport in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.
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March 26, 2012
Cuba's President Raul Castro, right, talks to Pope Benedict XVI during a welcome ceremony at the airport in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.
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March 26, 2012
Pope Benedict XVI is accompanied by Cuban President Raul Castro during the welcome ceremony at Antonio Maceo international airport in Santiago de Cuba.
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March 25, 2012
Pope Benedict XVI wears a sombrero in Leon, Mexico.
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March 25, 2012
Pope Benedict XVI is greeted by Mexican President Felipe Calderon during a Mass in Silao.
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March 25, 2012
Pope Benedict XVI leads a vespers prayer at the Cathedral of Leon.
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March 25, 2012
Pope Benedict XVI arrives to celebrate a Mass in Silao.
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March 25, 2012
Mexican Monsignor Lucio Perez Alas, right, kisses the hand of Pope Benedict XVI while arriving at Nuestra Senora de La Luz (Our Lady of Light) Cathedral in Leon, Mexico.
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March 25, 2012
Pope Benedict XVI waves to faithful as he arrives for a vespers with bishops of Mexico and the American continent at the Cathedral in Leon, Mexico.
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March 25, 2012
Bishops stand together before the arrival of Pope Benedict XVI prior to a Mass in Silao.
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March 25, 2012
A man moves balloons of the Pope Benedict XVI in Leon City, Mexico.
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March 25, 2012
People wait for the arrival of Pope Benedict XVI outside the cathedral of Our Most Holy Mother of Light where the pontiff will celebrates the vespers with the bishops of Mexico and of Latin America in in Leon.
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March 25, 2012
Pope Benedict XVI personal secretary Georg Ganswein returns a child to the parents as the Pope leaves to lead the holy Mass celebration at the Parque del Bicentenario in Silao.
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March 25, 2012
Monsignor Georg Gaenswein, left, places a Mexican sombrero on the head of Pope Benedict XVI upon his arrival to give a Mass in Bicentennial Park near Silao, Mexico.
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March 25, 2012
Pope Benedict XVI looks from the helicopter at the Cristo Rey sanctuary as arrives to lead the holy Mass celebration at the Parque del Bicentenario in Silao.
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March 24, 2012
A vendor sells flags with the image of Pope Benedict XVI on a road near the site where the pontiff will give Sunday Mass at the Bicentennial Park near Silao, Mexico.
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March 25, 2012
Pope Benedict XVI waves from the Popemobile wearing a Mexican sombrero as he arrives to give a Mass in Bicentennial Park near Silao, Mexico.
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March 24, 2012
Pope Benedict XVI greets the crowd after arriving in Guanajuato. The Pope arrived for a three-day visit to Mexico.
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March 25, 2012
Pilgrims cheer and sing as they wait at the site where Pope Benedict XVI will give a Mass in Bicentennial Park near Silao, Mexico.
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March 23, 2012
A demonstrator shouts during a protest march against Pope Benedict XVI's papal visit to Mexico, in Mexico City. Benedict visited Mexico for the first time, arriving Friday afternoon to a welcome ceremony at the airport in Silao, Mexico.
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March 24, 2012
A dog runs after the Popemobile passed in Guanajuato, Mexico. Pope Benedict XVI is in Mexico on his first trip to Spanish-speaking Latin America, which will include a two-day visit to Cuba.
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March 23, 2012
Framed pictures of Pope Benedict XVI hang on display for sale near the Colegio Miraflores, where he will be staying in Leon, Mexico. Benedict's weeklong trip to Mexico and Cuba is his first to both countries. Benedict is arriving Friday in Mexico.
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March 23, 2012
Pope Benedict XVI greets the faithful as he exits the plane at the airport in Silao, Mexico. Benedict arrived in Mexico on Friday afternoon, a decade after Pope John Paul II's last visit. The week-long trip to Mexico and Cuba is Benedict’s first to both countries.
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March 23, 2012
Pope Benedict XVI with Mexican President Felipe Calderon and first lady Margarita Zavala upon his arrival at the Silao airport in Guanajuato state.
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March 23, 2012
Pope Benedict XVI is greeted by the faithful upon his arrival at the Silao airport in Guanajuato state.
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March 23, 2012
Cardinal Juan Sandoval Iniguez kisses the hand of Pope Benedict XVI during a ceremony welcoming the pontiff at the airport in Silao, Mexico.
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March 23, 2012
Pope Benedict XVI speaks in Leon, Mexico, where he is accompanied by President Felipe Calderon and first lady Margarita Zavala.
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March 23, 2012
Pope Benedict XVI waves to the welcoming crowd in Leon, Guanajuato state.
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March 23, 2012
A nun waves Vatican flags while riding in a car before the arrival of Pope Benedict XVI in Leon, Mexico.
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March 23, 2012
A cheering crowd awaits the arrival of Pope Benedict XVI in Leon, Mexico.
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March 23, 2012
A girl with a decal of Pope Benedict XVI on her face is part of the crowd awaiting the pope in the city of Guanajuato, Mexico.
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March 23, 2012
The Pope Benedict XVI rides in the Popemobile in Leon, Mexico.
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March 23, 2012
Pope Benedict XVI waves to the faithful from the Popemobile as he arrives in Leon, Mexico.
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March 23, 2012
A woman wears a T-shirt bearing the image of Pope Benedict XVI as she awaits his arrival in Leon, Mexico.
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March 24, 2012
Pope Benedict XVI celebrates Mass at the chapel of Miraflores College in Leon, Mexico, on the second day of his trip to Mexico.
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March 22, 2012
Workers paste an image of the late Pope John Paul II to a giant billboard in Silao, Mexico. It has been a decade since he visited Mexico. His successor, Pope Benedict XVI, arrives Friday, to a very different country and welcomed by a church that has suffered debilitating setbacks amid sex abuse scandals and a lower percentage of Mexicans who call themselves Catholic today compared with a decade ago.
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March 23, 2012
Pope Benedict XVI waves as he boards a plane on his way to Mexico at Rome’s Fiumicino airport. Benedict will address key issues, including the war on drugs in Mexico and the evolution of the communist regime in Cuba.
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March 22, 2012
Women head for a bus in front of a poster depicting Pope Benedict XVI in Guanajuato, Mexico.
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A peddler sell flags and pictures of Pope Benedict XVI in Leon, Guanajuato state, Mexico.
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March 22, 2012
Children smile behind banners with the image of Pope Benedict XVI at the Basilica of Guanajuato in Guanajuato, Mexico.
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March 22, 2012
Women walk under banners with the image of Pope Benedict XVI in Guanajuato, Mexico.
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March 22, 2012
A man wears a T-shirt with a picture of Pope Benedict XVI during a protest against his upcoming visit in downtown Leon in the Mexican state of Guanajuato. The demonstration was staged to defend the country's secular state and protest against the promotion of religion in public schools, local media reported.
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March 22, 2012
People walk next to a banner with the image of Pope Benedict XVI in Leon, Guanajuato state, Mexico.
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March 22, 2012
A volunteer shows red shoes that will be given to Pope Benedict XVI during his visit to Mexico in Leon.
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March 21, 2012
People walk by a poster announcing the coming visit of Pope Benedict XVI in Leon, Guanajuato state, Mexico.
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March 21, 2012
Vatican flags in a street stall announce the coming visit of Pope Benedict XVI in Leon, Guanajuato state, Mexico.
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March 21, 2012
View of the interior of the metropolitan cathedral, where Pope Benedict XVI is due to meet Latin American bishops during his planned visit, in Leon, Guanajuato state, Mexico.
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March 21, 2012
Chairs are set in front of the stage where Pope Benedict XVI will celebrate Mass at the Bicentennial Park in the city of Silao, Mexico. The pope will begin a four-day visit to Mexico on March 23 and afterward will travel to Cuba.
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March 21, 2012
A worker sets chairs in front of the stage where Pope Benedict XVI will celebrate Mass at the Bicentennial Park in the city of Silao, Mexico.
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March 21, 2012
Workers and church officials stand on the stage where Pope Benedict XVI will celebrate Mass at the Bicentennial Park in the city of Silao, Mexico.
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March 21, 2012
A worker takes a break in front of the stage where Pope Benedict XVI will celebrate Mass at the Bicentennial Park in the city of Silao, Mexico.
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March 21, 2012
Vatican flags hang from a balcony of a building at Leon's main square, Guanajuato state, Mexico.
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March 21, 2012
An actor plays the Mexican character "Cantinflas" in front of a poster announcing the visit of Pope Benedict XVI in Leon, Mexico.
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March 21, 2012
A man rests in a cathedral in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba. Fourteen years after Pope John Paul II visited Cuba, Pope Benedict XVI is scheduled to visit the communist country starting March 26. Benedict, who will be arriving from Mexico, will first conduct a Mass in the city of Santiago de Cuba, followed by a Mass in Havana before leaving on March 28. Tensions are high in Cuba between dissidents and the government as activists hope the international exposure of the papal visit will result in renewed attention to their struggle for greater freedoms.
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March 21, 2012
Pedestrians pass by a cathedral in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.
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March 11, 2012
A person stands in front of a giant statue of Jesus at the Cerro de Cubilete in Silao, Mexico. During the past decade, the number of Catholics leaving the church has surged as they put their faith in evangelical Protestantism or in the book of Mormon, or turn away from religion altogether. Pope Benedict XVI will hold a service at the Cerro de Cubilete while visiting Mexico from March 23 to 26.
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