Before the opening of the assembly, the three Royals attended a multi-faith service at the Parish Church of Saint Mary the Virgin in Butetown.

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And the Catholic church has enjoyed slightly more freedom, most notably in being allowed to take out a street procession for the festival of Cuba's patron saint, the Virgin of Charity, on September 8th, for the first time in 38 years.

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And then, there were the references to the Virgin of Guadalupe, the patron saint of Mexico.

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By the door hangs a picture of the Virgin of Guadalupe, Mexico's patron saint.

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In 2002, the John Paul II canonized the first Native American saint, Juan Diego, a 15th century Indian whose vision of the Virgin of Guadalupe is emblematic of the Catholic faith in Mexico.

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Benedict, 84, arrived in Cuba's southeastern city of Santiago de Cuba on Monday, later heading to the city's Basilica del Cobre where he prayed in front of the Virgin of Charity of Cobre, a wooden statue considered to be the shrine of the island's patron saint.

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