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 HAVANA (AP) - The Vatican's No. 2 official hinted Thursday at a papal visit to Cuba, hours after Pope Benedict XVI said Roman Catholics on the communist-run island still face difficulties and distrust.
Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, the Vatican's secretary of state, was in Cuba to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Pope John Paul II's visit to this country — a visit that coincidentally began a day after Fidel Castro announced that he was going to step down as president.
Bertone said Thursday he hoped his visit to Cuba would give "a new push" to sometimes-strained relations between the communist government and the island's Roman Catholic Church.
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