{"id":209,"date":"2013-03-25T12:49:49","date_gmt":"2013-03-25T17:49:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gregorytracy.com\/?p=209"},"modified":"2014-11-06T17:12:44","modified_gmt":"2014-11-06T22:12:44","slug":"pope-benedicts-visit-to-cuba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gregorytracy.com\/?p=209","title":{"rendered":"Pope Benedict&rsquo;s visit to Cuba"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In March 2012 I accompanied a small group of pilgrims from Boston traveling to Havana, Cuba to present for the historic visit of Pope Benedict XVI.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/gregorytracy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Cuba0327_GT_091.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"Pilot photo by Gregory L. Tracy\" src=\"http:\/\/gregorytracy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Cuba0327_GT_09_thumb1.jpg\" alt=\"Pilot photo by Gregory L. Tracy\" width=\"160\" height=\"240\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/gregorytracy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Cuba0327_GT_111.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"Pilot photo by Gregory L. Tracy\" src=\"http:\/\/gregorytracy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Cuba0327_GT_11_thumb1.jpg\" alt=\"Pilot photo by Gregory L. Tracy\" width=\"240\" height=\"160\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/gregorytracy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Cuba0327_GT_471.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"Mass and dinner with Boston Pilgrims in Havana, Cuba, March 27, 2012. Photo by Gregory L. Tracy, The Pilot \" src=\"http:\/\/gregorytracy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Cuba0327_GT_47_thumb1.jpg\" alt=\"Mass and dinner with Boston Pilgrims in Havana, Cuba, March 27, 2012. Photo by Gregory L. Tracy, The Pilot \" width=\"160\" height=\"240\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>During the trip, the pilgrims had a chance to experience some of the sites and history of Old Havana, celebrate Mass with Cardinal Sean O\u2019Malley and visit several programs <a href=\"Caritas%20Cubana%20works%20to%20help%20Cuba's%20most%20needy\">supported by Caritas Cubana<\/a>, the Catholic Church\u2019s social service agency in the country. (See also: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thebostonpilot.com\/article.asp?ID=14537\">Boston pilgrims see work of Church in Cuba firsthand<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"margin: 0px 5px; display: inline;\" title=\"Havana032612_GT_43-X3\" src=\"http:\/\/gregorytracy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Havana032612_GT_43-X31.jpg\" alt=\"Havana032612_GT_43-X3\" width=\"240\" height=\"160\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/gregorytracy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Havana032612_GT_02-X31.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 5px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"Havana032612_GT_02-X3\" src=\"http:\/\/gregorytracy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Havana032612_GT_02-X3_thumb1.jpg\" alt=\"Havana032612_GT_02-X3\" width=\"240\" height=\"160\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/gregorytracy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Havana032612_GT_05-X31.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"Havana032612_GT_05-X3\" src=\"http:\/\/gregorytracy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Havana032612_GT_05-X3_thumb1.jpg\" alt=\"Havana032612_GT_05-X3\" width=\"240\" height=\"172\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The pinnacle of the visit was the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thebostonpilot.com\/article.asp?ID=14534\">Mass celebrated by Pope Benedict in Havana\u2019s Revolution Square<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gregorytracy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/HavanaPapalMass_GTracy_061.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"Mass with Pope Benedict XVI, Revolution Square, Havana, March 28, 2012. Photo by Gregory L. Tracy, The Pilot\" src=\"http:\/\/gregorytracy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/HavanaPapalMass_GTracy_06_thumb1.jpg\" alt=\"Mass with Pope Benedict XVI, Revolution Square, Havana, March 28, 2012. Photo by Gregory L. Tracy, The Pilot\" width=\"240\" height=\"160\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/gregorytracy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/HavanaPapalMass_GTracy_361.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 5px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"Boston Pilgrims attend Mass with Pope Benedict XVI, Revolution Square, Havana, March 28, 2012. \nPhoto by Gregory L. Tracy, The Pilot\" src=\"http:\/\/gregorytracy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/HavanaPapalMass_GTracy_36_thumb1.jpg\" alt=\"Boston Pilgrims attend Mass with Pope Benedict XVI, Revolution Square, Havana, March 28, 2012. \nPhoto by Gregory L. Tracy, The Pilot\" width=\"160\" height=\"240\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/gregorytracy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/HavanaPapalMass_GTracy_1521.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"Boston Pilgrims attend Mass with Pope Benedict XVI, Revolution Square, Havana, March 28, 2012. \nPhoto by Gregory L. Tracy, The Pilot\" src=\"http:\/\/gregorytracy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/HavanaPapalMass_GTracy_152_thumb1.jpg\" alt=\"Boston Pilgrims attend Mass with Pope Benedict XVI, Revolution Square, Havana, March 28, 2012. \nPhoto by Gregory L. Tracy, The Pilot\" width=\"163\" height=\"240\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>See more photos of the trip <a href=\"http:\/\/photos.gregorytracy.com\/Photogallery\/Visit-of-Pope-Benedict-to-Cuba\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In March 2012 I accompanied a small group of pilgrims from Boston traveling to Havana, Cuba to present for the historic visit of Pope Benedict XVI. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 During the trip, the pilgrims had a chance to experience some of the sites and history of Old Havana, celebrate Mass with Cardinal Sean O\u2019Malley and visit several [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/gregorytracy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/gregorytracy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/gregorytracy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gregorytracy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gregorytracy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=209"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/gregorytracy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":403,"href":"http:\/\/gregorytracy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209\/revisions\/403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/gregorytracy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gregorytracy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gregorytracy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}