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Saturday, March 24, 2012

Pope's trip sparks hopes for change in Cuba | Reuters

Pope's trip sparks hopes for change in Cuba | Reuters
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  1. RAYLOKEMarch 24, 2012 at 1:21 PM

    A Church survey in 1954 found that 72.5 percent of Cubans were Catholic and 24 percent of them were regular churchgoers. Today, Church officials say about 60 percent of Cubans are baptized, but only 5 percent always go to Mass.

    "Everything is good the way it is. Don't change because now is the only way we can live in Cuba - the Church in one part and the government in another part," Cabrera said while looking up from reading Granma, the Communist Party newspaper.

    Osio said he thought the pope would do something to improve U.S.-Cuba relations, which have been hostile since the revolution.

    The United States has imposed a trade embargo on Cuba for 50 years, which the Cuban government and many Cubans blame for their country's chronic economic woes.

    "It looks to me like the pope is going to help tighten or redefine relations between the United States and Cuba. Remember that I said that," he said, wagging his finger.
    (Editing by David Adams and Peter Cooney)

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