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a portrait of Cuban Revolutionary War hero ' Che ' Guevara stares across the plaza of the Revolution in Havana as nuns cheer Pope John Paul's arrival for his final Mass in Cuba

Carmen that McDougal spreads the word of faith in Havana, with her statue of the Pilgrim, Virgin of Fatima that she brought with her from Alabama.

A church group from the province of Holguin sleeps after traveling all night by train to attend the pope's Mass in Santiago de Cuba. They arrived early in the morning to secure a good viewing position for the mass.

Kenia Valladares holds up her son as residents of Santa Clara strain for a glimpse of the pope during the papal Mass at the Manuel Fajardo institute.

Residents of Santiago de Cuba reached for programs before the people Mass at the Plaza Antonio Maceo being handed out on a flatbed truck.

An elderly woman who fainted from the overpowering heat during the pope's Mass at Santa Clara, receives communion while she is carried from the crowd on a stretcher.

Pope John Paul II is greeted by thousands who lined the streets as he arrives in the ' pope mobile ' to say Mass in downtown Santa Clara.

Fidel Castro greets Pope John Paul II, upon his arrival in Havana, at Jose Marti airport. While the pope's harsh criticism of the U.S. economic embargo of Cuba pleased Castro, his trip turned the church into the only institution with the potential…

After the long day, Carolyn Clarke, center, with neighbor Darlene Williams, right, lets off a little steam as they talk of the day's events.

Coming full circle, Alonzo Clarke, aged six, leaps from his grandfather's truck on to the front doorstep, as he helps return belongings to their home.