“I carry in my heart the just aspirations and legitimate desires of all Cubans, wherever they

“I carry in my heart the just aspirations and legitimate desires of all Cubans, wherever they may be. Those of the young and the elderly, of adolescents and children, of the sick and workers, of prisoners and their families, and of the poor and those in need.”

Pope Benedict XVI, in comments at an evening Mass during his visit to Santiago, Cuba.