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Cuba's Catholic renaissance

Catholicism is flourishing again in Cuba, gradually expanding its influence after suffering decades of repression.

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Cuba's Catholic renaissance

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  1. Cuba's Catholic renaissance

  2. Chlidren pray at the Father Usera childcare focus in Havana, September 4, 2015. Parochial instruction vanished after Fidel Castro's whiskery agitators came to power in 1959, and just in the years since Pope John Paul's II visit have Catholic schools returned. REUTERS/Enrique de la Osa

  3. Cuban devoted get Holy Communion amid a Catholic mass held at the home of Libertad Infante in Havana September 6, 2015. Libertad Infante has been facilitating Roman Catholic mass at her home for a long time however development is under route on another church in the area, named after Pope John Paul II, whose 1998 visit to Cuba helped crush a last's portion boundaries to religious flexibility. Each of Cuba's 11 ward has been permitted to assemble one new church interestingly since the 1959 transformation, an image of how far religion has advanced in an express that was unavoidably agnostic until 1992. REUTERS/Enrique de la Osa

  4. A photo of Pope Francis is seen on an entryway at the Father Usera childcare focus in Havana, September 4, 2015. The childcare focus goes to around 160 youngsters matured 2 to 4, as indicated by Sister Teresa Vaz, the middle's executive. REUTERS/Enrique de la Osa

  5. Cubans go to a mass at the development site of a Catholic church in Havana, September 8, 2015. Development is under path on another church on a half-hectare (1.2-section of land) package book-finished by two goliath, Soviet-period condo squares. It is named after Pope John Paul II. REUTERS/Enrique de la Osa

  6. Cuban ladies implore amid a Catholic mass at the home of Libertad Infante in Havana, September 6, 2015. REUTERS/Enrique de la Osa

  7. Cuban children stare at the TV at the Father Usera childcare focus in Havana, September 4, 2015. REUTERS/Enrique de la Osa

  8. Catholic priests touch base at the home of Libertad Infante to hold mass in Havana, September 6, 2015. REUTERS/Enrique de la Osa

  9. Cubans pray amid a mass at the home of Libertad Infante, where she has been facilitating Roman Catholic mass in the porch for a long time, in Havana, September 6, 2015. REUTERS/Enrique de la Osa

  10. Cubans go to a mass held by a Catholic cleric at the home of Libertad Infante in Havana, September 6, 2015. REUTERS/Enrique de la Osa

  11. Children pray at the Father Usera daycare center in Havana, September 4, 2015. REUTERS/Enrique de la Osa

  12. Cubans go to a mass at the development site of a Catholic church in Havana, September 8, 2015. REUTERS/Enrique de la Osa

  13. An educator embraces kids at the Father Usera childcare focus in Havana, September 4, 2015. REUTERS/Enrique de la Osa

  14. A man strolls close to a sign with a photo recently Pope John Paul II at the development site for another church in Havana, September 8, 2015. REUTERS/Enrique de la Osa

  15. Executive of the Father Usera childcare focus and individual from The Sisters for the Love of God sister Teresa, sits with kids at the childcare focus in Havana, September 4, 2015. REUTERS/Enrique de la Osa

  16. A lady wears two crosses while going to a Catholic mass at the home of Libertad Infante in Havana, September 6, 2015. REUTERS/Enrique de la Osa

  17. Cubans go to a mass held by a Catholic cleric at the home of Libertad Infante in Havana, September 6, 2015. REUTERS/Enrique de la Osa

  18. A puppy strolls close to a cross set up at the development site of a Catholic church in Havana, September 8, 2015. REUTERS/Enrique de la Osa

  19. Children hold books at the Father Usera daycare center in Havana, September 4, 2015. REUTERS/Enrique de la Osa

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