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March 26th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
At least 15 of those detained were members of the Ladies in White, a prominent
group of wives and family members of jailed political opponents, according
to the dissidents.
The Cuban Human Rights and National Reconciliation Commission, a dissident
group, said the arrests took place in the eastern city of Santiago de Cuba,
where the pope was due to arrive Monday.
Benedict XVI underscored his commitment to “absolute continuity” of
the course laid out by the historic journey of Pope John Paul II on the
island in January 1998.
“The Holy See knows the ideological positions of the Cuban government”
and the government “is aware of the views of the Church,” said
Archbishop Dionisio Garcia of Santiago de Cuba.
He said he did not believe the comments made by the pope would have
repercussions on the visit.
“The pope said something that is obvious,” the archbishop said. “Marxism,
as it was designed, should be overstepped and revised, and not only in Cuba.”
Benedict XVI has no plans to meet with members of the Cuban opposition. The
pope “knows the Cuban reality” and the fact “he meets with
the opponents or not does not mean he is unaware” of their situation,
Garcia said Saturday.
However, the Vatican said the pope would be “available” for a
possible meeting with the father of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, who
left power due to ill health in 2006.
Cuba’s Roman Catholics account for about 10 per cent of the population of 11
million, after 40 years of official atheism ended in the 1990s. Evangelical
Protestants are making inroads here as elsewhere, but most Cubans identify
most with AfroCuban belief systems, such as Santeria and Palo Monte.
Workers, racing against the clock, have pieced together the huge altar where
Pope Benedict is to say mass later this week in sprawling Revolution Square.
It has been the venue for countless mass rallies over almost five decades by
the Communist government led until 2006 by Fidel Castro.
The altar was placed at the foot of the towering Jose Marti monument, which
honours Cuba’s most important independence-era hero.
Among the popular preparations – workers paved the heavily used Rancho Boyeros
Avenue that leads to Jose Marti International Airport, and other streets on
which the bullet-proof, pearly white Popemobile will roll by.
But in contrast to John Paul II’s visit, Havana has not been supplied with
much in the way of commemorative trinkets like T-shirts, pens or busts of
the pontiff.
On Sunday in Mexico, Benedict XVI sought to boost the Catholic faith in the
face of violence and other challenges.
“There is no reason … to give in to the despotism of evil. Let us
instead ask the risen Lord to manifest his power,” he said before Latin
American bishops in the cathedral of Leon.
At a vast open-air mass, the pope also referred to Christ the King, whose
statue, also a major Mexican icon, towered over Bicentennial Park where the
event took place.
“His kingdom does not stand on the power of his armies subduing others
through force or violence. It rests on a higher power than wins over hearts:
the love of God,” the pope said before an estimated crowd of more than
half a million gathered in the blazing sun in the highly Catholic state of
Guanajuato.
The mass was a highlight on the 84-year-old pope’s last day in Mexico, on a
visit which began in the shadow of his charismatic predecessor John Paul II,
who made the trip five times, but ended up drawing a swell of popular
support.
Source: AFP
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