New church in Cuba to commemorate Pope's 2012 visit

In Cuba, the provincial authorities in the southeast of the island have returned to the Catholic Church two churches and a parish building that was confiscated by the Communist regime in the early 1960’s. They have also decided to turn over to the Catholic Church an empty lot so it can build a church which will be dedicated to Saint Benito in commemoration of the Pope’s visit to Cuba in March 2012. The new church will house the altar that was specially built for the open-air mass presided over by Pope Benedict in the city of Santiago de Cuba during his visit to the island. A second church will be built in another district of the city that will be dedicated to St. Joseph.
A statement issued by the local archdiocese expressed its joy over the return of the confiscated property which it had been requesting for several years.