September 16, 2009
Source: Google News
Wire Service: AP
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jOxdvyM77ucRjd7ZjWLtgEjN8j3gD9AO1HLO0
Cuba will allow inmates to attend Roman Catholic Mass and Protestant services inside prisons, a top religious leader said Tuesday, in a significant easing of the communist government's policy toward organized religion.
Authorities from the religious affairs wing of the Cuban Communist Party agreed to authorize organized worship behind bars after a meeting with prison officials and the Protestant Cuban Church Council last week, said Jose Aurelio Paz, a council spokesman who attended the gathering.