{"id":9488,"date":"2011-12-09T01:53:06","date_gmt":"2011-12-09T01:53:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/12\/pope-set-to-visit-cuba-next-year\/"},"modified":"2011-12-09T01:53:06","modified_gmt":"2011-12-09T01:53:06","slug":"pope-set-to-visit-cuba-next-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/09\/pope-set-to-visit-cuba-next-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope set to visit Cuba next year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span><span>9 December 2011<\/span> <span>Last updated at<\/span> <span>01:53 GMT<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/news.bbcimg.co.uk\/media\/images\/57220000\/jpg\/_57220868_pope.jpg\" width=\"304\" height=\"171\" alt=\"Pope Benedict in Rome on 8 December 2011\" \/><span>Pope Benedict is expected to travel to Cuba next year<\/span><\/div>\n<p>Pope Benedict XVI will visit Cuba next year, Vatican officials have announced.<\/p>\n<p>It will be the second visit of a pope to the Communist-run island, following a trip there by John Paul II in 1998.<\/p>\n<p>The Vatican said it would announce the exact dates of his visit on Monday. A Cuban Church leader said the pope would meet government officials.<\/p>\n<p>The Cuban church has played an important role in negotiating the release of dozens of political prisoners in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>Officials said that Pope Benedict was also considering visiting Mexico as part of the same trip.<\/p>\n<p>The head of the Cuban Bishops Conference, Monsignor Jose Felix Perez, said the pontiff had &#8220;a special affection toward the people of Cuba for the social conditions in our country&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>During his 1998 visit, John Paul II called on &#8220;Cuba to open to the world, and the world to open to Cuba&#8221; at a packed Mass in Revolution Square in Havana.<\/p>\n<p>Monsignor Perez said Benedict would meet members of President Raul Castro&#8217;s government.<\/p>\n<p>But he stressed that the primary purpose of the pope&#8217;s visit would be to honour the patron of Cuba, the Virgin of Caridad del Cobre.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 9 December 2011 Last updated at 01:53 GMT Pope Benedict is expected to travel to Cuba next year Pope Benedict XVI will visit Cuba next year, Vatican officials have announced. 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