Pope Francisco officiates at the National Shrine to Our Lady of Charity a Mass with which it began the jubilee year for the centenary of the request to the Holy See by veterans of the wars of independence for the declaration of the Virgin de la Caridad del Cobre, Patroness of Cuba.

A Mass, scheduled for just over two hours, attended by more than a thousand faithful.

The religious temple was conditioned for the Eucharist and is enabled with chairs around.

His Holiness lit a candle to the Virgin and used the flame lit by Benedict during his visit to the temple in 2012, as an act of continuity and respect.

From Saturday Cubans, regardless of religion or belief, the pope Francisco have shown respect and approval and each of his words has touched the hearts of all those who have heard it, turning them into something intimate for us, our family and our country.
After Mass at the Shrine, the Bishop of Rome to the city of Santiago as it passes through the streets the people taxed him warmly welcomed as an expression of joy and respect will go.

In the Holy Metropolitan Cathedral Basilica, the Pope will meet with Cuban families and from the atrium bless the city created the 500 years of the former village, and greet people who will gather in the central Cespedes Park.
Francisco came to this city on Monday afternoon and the Antonio Maceo International Airport departed for the town of El Cobre, where he met with Cuban bishops and made a private prayer to the Virgin of Charity.
Pope's visit to Cuba coincides with the year of the 80th anniversary of the establishment of uninterrupted diplomatic relations between Cuba and the Holy See held.
The head of the Catholic Church made an apostolic visitation today from 19 to 22 September the country, which has had the privilege of hosting three popes in the past 17 years.
From Santiago de Cuba will start in the afternoon to the United States, which will be officially terminated at the international airport.