(-VIDEO ONLY-) The Pope started off his visit to Cuba in Havana. He celebrated Mass and prayed with seminarians, men and women religious. He also met privately with Raul Castro and his brother Fidel. ;
In addition to visiting Havana, the Pope also went to the city of Holguin and to Santiago de Cuba, where he called on Our Lady of Charity of El Cobre, to protect all Cubans. He then boarded a flight en route to the U.S. ;