The First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, expressed his condolences on the death of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI. out.
The message was signed on behalf of the Cuban people, the government and his own.
“I express our deep condolences to his family, the Curia and the Catholic community,” he wrote on Twitter.
The funeral of history’s 265th pope was to be celebrated by his successor, Francis, an unprecedented event in the church’s 2,000-year history, RT reported.
On behalf of the Cuban people, the government and myself, I send my deepest condolences on the death of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI.
I express our deep condolences to his family, the Curia and the Catholic community.— Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez (@DiazCanelB) December 31, 2022