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March 26, 2012

Pope Benedict Heads to Cuba After Trip to Mexico 
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Pope Benedict is heading to Cuba today where he is expected to celebrate
mass in Santiago, a city considered the cradle of the Cuban revolution.
Over the weekend the Pope wrapped up a trip to Mexico where some
protesters criticized the Catholic Church's stance on women's issues and
reproductive rights.

Yara, Mexican rights activist: "The Catholic Church has millions and
millions of dollars in their bags and they get richer everyday with a
false sense of morality and are very clerical. They accuse women who
have abortions and they tolerate priests who rape and commit pedophiliac
acts. In reality they are very hypocritical, I am completely against
someone else deciding what I do with my body. We are here to demand our
right to choose."



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