Havana, March 21, (RHC), -- The newspaper Granma has denounced recent provocations by counterrevolutionary groups, funded by right-wing Cuban expatriates, who seek to tarnish the upcoming visit of Pope Benedict XVI to the Caribbean island.

Havana, March 21, (RHC), -- Preparations for the two masses to be officiated by Pope Benedict XVI in the cities of Santiago de Cuba and Havana are almost finished, with altars entirely erected in the central squares of those cities.