NBC News reports:
Since the Cuban revolution in 1959, the Catholic Church has struggled to raise its public profile here. For decades, under the Marxist government of Fidel Castro, the church was ostracized and believers were punished. The country was officially declared atheist until the government loosened that description in the 1990s. But, with Fidel Castro out of power now and his younger brother, Raul, in charge, the church has become much more accepted by the government.
