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| Pope Francis in Cuba: pontiff to hold mass in Holguin's Revolution Square - live | Pope Francis in Cuba: pontiff to hold mass in Holguin's Revolution Square - live |
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| 2.47pm BST14:47 | |
| Journalists travelling with the Pope are boarding the transport that will take them to Holguin’s Revolutionary Plaza. | |
| Our transport to Holguin Mass is literally under the plane. #PapaEnCuba pic.twitter.com/AAyftk3lWz | |
| 2.45pm BST14:45 | |
| Some video of the pope’s arrival in Holguin. | |
| 2.27pm BST14:27 | |
| | @inter_pl | El #PapaFrancisco desciende del avión que lo llevó a Holguín. En vivo ► http://t.co/5SaPdW5VfX pic.twitter.com/4v9PbgFOCb | |
| Translation: “Pope Francis descends from the aircraft that brought him to Holguin.” | |
| 2.26pm BST14:26 | |
| Correspondents prepare to exit the plane with Pope Francis. | |
| Landed in Holguin with #PapaEnCuba pic.twitter.com/Iz1EI7x73j | |
| 2.24pm BST14:24 | |
| In the last few minutes the papal plane has touched down at Holguin's Frank Pais international airport. | |
| Pope Francis is the first pontiff to visit Holguin - the province where Fidel and Raul Castro grew up, Reuters reports. | |
| Updated at 2.24pm BST | |
| 2.21pm BST14:21 | |
| This is Holguin’s Plaza de la Revolution, where Pope Francis is due to hold a mass at 10:30AM eastern time (3:30PM GMT) near the mausoleum of the famous Cuban revolutionary Major General Calixto Garcia.. | |
| Thousands have already gathered since the early hours of the morning to hear the pontiff speak. | |
| 1.58pm BST13:58 | 1.58pm BST13:58 |
| Hello and welcome to our coverage of the third day of Pope Francis’ ten-day visit to Cuba and the United States. | Hello and welcome to our coverage of the third day of Pope Francis’ ten-day visit to Cuba and the United States. |
| A plane carrying Pope Francis has left Havana for the eastern city of Holguin, the third-largest on the island, where thousands of people have already gathered in the city’s plaza for today’s papal mass. | A plane carrying Pope Francis has left Havana for the eastern city of Holguin, the third-largest on the island, where thousands of people have already gathered in the city’s plaza for today’s papal mass. |
| Fifty-eight-year-old Idael Confesor Martinez Leyva wore a straw hat topped with Cuban and Vatican flags as she entered the plaza. She said the pope “is going to transform the world and bring us what we need most, especially the young people”. | Fifty-eight-year-old Idael Confesor Martinez Leyva wore a straw hat topped with Cuban and Vatican flags as she entered the plaza. She said the pope “is going to transform the world and bring us what we need most, especially the young people”. |
| This evening, Francis heads to Cuba’s second city, Santiago. | This evening, Francis heads to Cuba’s second city, Santiago. |
| Yesterday he led a mass in Havana, as well as meeting with a group of young people; on Saturday, he was met at Havana airport by Cuban president Raul Castro, who gave a politically-charged welcome speech in which he called the ongoing US trade embargo “immoral” and demanded the return of Guantanamo Bay. | Yesterday he led a mass in Havana, as well as meeting with a group of young people; on Saturday, he was met at Havana airport by Cuban president Raul Castro, who gave a politically-charged welcome speech in which he called the ongoing US trade embargo “immoral” and demanded the return of Guantanamo Bay. |
| I ask you to join me in praying for my trip to Cuba and the United States. I need your prayers. | I ask you to join me in praying for my trip to Cuba and the United States. I need your prayers. |
| The papal plane is scheduled to touch down at Holguin airport at 9.20am ET (1.04pm GMT). | The papal plane is scheduled to touch down at Holguin airport at 9.20am ET (1.04pm GMT). |
| Stay tuned for live updates throughout the day. | Stay tuned for live updates throughout the day. |
| Related: Pope tracker 2015: the pontiff's itinerary from Cuba to the US | Related: Pope tracker 2015: the pontiff's itinerary from Cuba to the US |
| Updated at 2.04pm BST | Updated at 2.04pm BST |