President Raul Castro is now attending a mass officiated by Pope Francis in the eastern city of Holguin, second leg of his Cuba papal visit, which will conclude in Santiago de Cuba.

Argentinean President Cristina Fernandez held a brief meeting with Pope Francis after his mass in Havana and visited Cuban Revolution leader Fidel Castro at his residence, before returning to her country.

The First Vice-president of the councils of State and Ministers, Miguel Diaz-Canel, received Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Secretary of State of the Holy See.

Army General Raul Castro, President of the councils of State and Ministers, received on Sunday afternoon His Holiness Francis, Supreme Pontiff of the Catholic Church and Head of State of Vatican City, who is on an apostolic visit to the island.

After two intense days in Havana, Pope Francis flew from the Havana International Airport to the eastern Cuban city of Holguin, his second stop in his visit to Cuba.

Pope Francis paid an informal visit to Cuban Revolution leader Fidel Castro at his home, after His Holiness officiated Mass this morning at the Havana's Revolution Square.

Pope Francis thanked Cuba for its contribution as a mediator in the peace talks between the Colombian government and the guerrilla FARC-EP, during the Mass he officiated this Sunday at the Havana´s Revolution Square.

Cardinal Jaime Ortega, Havana´s Archbishop, forwarded a message from the Cuban people to Pope Francis, minutes after His Holiness officiated Mass at the Havana's Revolution Square.

Pope Francis officiated Mass this Sunday morning at the Havana's Revolution Square in the presence of over 300 thousand Cubans and foreigners that came to Cuba for the occasion.

Cuban President Raul Castro received on Saturday afternoon his Argentinean counterpart Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, who is in Cuba on an official visit.

Cuban President Raul Castro is attending the Mass officiated by Pope Francis in the Havana´s Revolution Square this Sunday morning in Havana.

Pope Francis arrived in the Jose Marti Revolution Square to officiate his first Mass in Cuba in front of some 300 thousand Cubans from all over the country.

Mr President,
Distinguished Authorities,
Brother Bishops,
Ladies and Gentlemen,

I thank you, Mr President, for your greeting and your kind words of welcome in the name of the government and the entire Cuban people. I also greet the authorities and the members of the diplomatic corps present at this ceremony.

Cuban President Raul Castro welcomed Pope Francis at the Jose Marti International Airport in Havana, upon his arrival for a four-day visit to Cuba.

Pope Francis praised the thaw in the relations between Cuba and the United States during his opening remarks after arriving this afternoon in Havana for a four-day visit to Cuba.