Salvador Valdés Mesa, vice president of Cuba, participated in Rome, in the name of the state, the Cuban government and people, in the Holy Mass of Pope Francis, which will be held this Saturday, April 26 in the Plaza de San Pedro del Vaticano.
We are already in the city of Rome, as part of the Cuban delegation that presides to honor Francisco, whom the Cuban people will never forget, said Valdés Mesa in his account in the social network X.
On behalf of the State, Government and Cuban people I will be presiding over the delegation of Cuba to the exequial liturgy for the death of the Pope; We honor the life of Jorge Bergoglio and Francisco’s pontificate, appreciated by our people for his signs of affection, said the vice president.
-The official Cuban delegation is also integrated by Caridad Diego Bello, head of the Office of Attention to Religious Affairs of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba; Elio Rodríguez Perdomo, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, and René Juan Mujica, Ambassador of Cuba before the Holy See, the Foreign Ministry reported on its official place, Cubaminrex.
At 10:00 local time will begin funeral, which will congregate heads of state, religious leaders and personalities from around the world to pay tribute to the high pontiff of the Catholic Church, who died on April 21 at 88 years of age.
Pope Francis, who visited Cuba in 2015, always maintained a special relationship with the Caribbean country, promoting dialogue and peace.
