With his wife, Maureen, at his side Macera out marches behind the town's high school homecoming parade. The town forbids any candidates from actually participating in the parade.
At one of his famous ' coffee hours, ' Macera addresses a group of elderly women in the community room of an assisted living complex. Macera stresses that he will make no false promises.
the pope's visit elevated the status of Cuba's beleaguered Roman Catholic Church and open windows of religious tolerance that will not easily be closed.