![Jose Goitia FILE - Cuba's President Fidel Castro, and Pope John Paul II, check the time during a welcoming ceremony in Havana, Cuba, June 21, 1998. The first papal visit to the island in 1998 marked a turning point that led to government acceptance of some outdoor religious events and the celebration of Christmas outside churches for the first time in more than three decades. (AP Photo/Jose Goitia, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/2f2909ef15eb42df99d4d08aa73bf291/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - Cuba's President Fidel Castro, and Pope John Paul II, check the time during a welcoming ceremony in Havana, Cuba, June 21, 1998. The first papal visit to the island in 1998 marked a turning point that led to government acceptance of some outdoor religious events and the celebration of Christmas outside churches for the first time in more than three decades. (AP Photo/Jose Goitia, File)
![Ramon Espinosa Twin brothers Yasnel and Yasmel Quintana, bottom left, meditate in the home of Cuban jazz musician Cesar Lopez, back left, and his wife Seiko Ishii, right center, in Havana, Cuba, Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024. Ten years ago, the Quintana twins who were raised in an Afro-Cuban family that follows Santeria, joined the local branch of the Soka Gakkai, a global Japanese Buddhist organization. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/3b6728cdc2064839856b5775468d8336/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Twin brothers Yasnel and Yasmel Quintana, bottom left, meditate in the home of Cuban jazz musician Cesar Lopez, back left, and his wife Seiko Ishii, right center, in Havana, Cuba, Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024. Ten years ago, the Quintana twins who were raised in an Afro-Cuban family that follows Santeria, joined the local branch of the Soka Gakkai, a global Japanese Buddhist organization. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
![Ramon Espinosa FILE - Juan Gonzalez sits next to his altar adorned Santeria and Catholic deities along with a photo of the late Cuban leader Fidel Castro, at his home in El Cobre, Cuba, Feb. 10, 2024. Diverse beliefs can be found mixed together on altars in Cuban homes, with the Virgin Mary sharing space with a ceramic Buddha and a warrior spirit from the Afro-Cuban faith. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/7e1276f910554bd382f4682f99bd5d1b/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - Juan Gonzalez sits next to his altar adorned Santeria and Catholic deities along with a photo of the late Cuban leader Fidel Castro, at his home in El Cobre, Cuba, Feb. 10, 2024. Diverse beliefs can be found mixed together on altars in Cuban homes, with the Virgin Mary sharing space with a ceramic Buddha and a warrior spirit from the Afro-Cuban faith. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, File)
![Javier Galeano FILE - A woman holds up a doll representing the Virgin of Regla during a procession in her honor in Regla, Cuba, Sept. 7, 2010. The black virgin is honored on the same day as Cuba's patron saint the Virgin of Charity, both of which are also recognized as powerful deities in the African-influenced religion of Santeria. (AP Photo/Javier Galeano, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/7b594ef355fc4b1ea1601a00096b238b/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - A woman holds up a doll representing the Virgin of Regla during a procession in her honor in Regla, Cuba, Sept. 7, 2010. The black virgin is honored on the same day as Cuba's patron saint the Virgin of Charity, both of which are also recognized as powerful deities in the African-influenced religion of Santeria. (AP Photo/Javier Galeano, File)
![Ramon Espinosa An American classic car sits parked in front of the Beth Shalom synagogue as Jews exit after attending a Shabbat service, in Havana, Cuba, Friday, Feb. 16, 2024. At Cuba's largest synagogue, ancient Jewish traditions and Cubanness often blend. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/eac127106ad8408a978db2f071e10037/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
An American classic car sits parked in front of the Beth Shalom synagogue as Jews exit after attending a Shabbat service, in Havana, Cuba, Friday, Feb. 16, 2024. At Cuba's largest synagogue, ancient Jewish traditions and Cubanness often blend. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
![Ramon Espinosa A Muslim boy engages with his tablet at the mosque after prayer, in Havana, Cuba, Friday, Feb. 16, 2024. The only mosque in Havana opened in 2015 and the Muslim community has grown to about 2,500 people nationwide. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/1836a54d319f4227a586fcb3089cdc58/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
A Muslim boy engages with his tablet at the mosque after prayer, in Havana, Cuba, Friday, Feb. 16, 2024. The only mosque in Havana opened in 2015 and the Muslim community has grown to about 2,500 people nationwide. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
![Ramon Espinosa Jewish children eat pieces of challah bread after the prayer was recited during a Shabbat service at the Beth Shalom synagogue, in Havana, Cuba, Friday, Feb. 16, 2024. Jews are believed to have arrived to Cuba with Christopher Columbus in 1492, but the Cuban community officially began in the early 20th century, said the vice president of Cuba's Hebrew Community. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/c691bc7649b045f3b2fde08b986258b6/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Jewish children eat pieces of challah bread after the prayer was recited during a Shabbat service at the Beth Shalom synagogue, in Havana, Cuba, Friday, Feb. 16, 2024. Jews are believed to have arrived to Cuba with Christopher Columbus in 1492, but the Cuban community officially began in the early 20th century, said the vice president of Cuba's Hebrew Community. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
![Ramon Espinosa FILE - Evangelicals pray during a memorial service in Havana, Cuba, May 20, 2018. The 1959 revolution led by Fidel Castro installed an atheist, Communist government, but 65 years later practitioners of diverse religions gather to pray, sing and worship across the Communist-run island. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/c4341dbf4d2745f0970c66f175b1da09/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - Evangelicals pray during a memorial service in Havana, Cuba, May 20, 2018. The 1959 revolution led by Fidel Castro installed an atheist, Communist government, but 65 years later practitioners of diverse religions gather to pray, sing and worship across the Communist-run island. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, File)
![Ramon Espinosa Gloria Esperanza Reyes makes her monthly offering of flowers and sugarcane syrup to Yemaya, the Yoruba goddess of the sea, in Havana, Cuba, Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024. She also is venerated as Our Lady of Regla, a Black Madonna at a Catholic church across the Bay of Havana. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/e9fb060d92404ebda978156cf43c4245/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Gloria Esperanza Reyes makes her monthly offering of flowers and sugarcane syrup to Yemaya, the Yoruba goddess of the sea, in Havana, Cuba, Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024. She also is venerated as Our Lady of Regla, a Black Madonna at a Catholic church across the Bay of Havana. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
![Ramon Espinosa Muslims speak in front of their mosque as tourists, wearing Ernesto "Che" Guevara T-shirts, walk past in Havana, Cuba, Friday, Feb. 16, 2024. The only mosque in Havana opened in 2015 and the Muslim community has grown to about 2,500 people nationwide. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/acca2ea034e24deca3e5b79c248e2f05/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Muslims speak in front of their mosque as tourists, wearing Ernesto "Che" Guevara T-shirts, walk past in Havana, Cuba, Friday, Feb. 16, 2024. The only mosque in Havana opened in 2015 and the Muslim community has grown to about 2,500 people nationwide. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
![Desmond Boylan FILE - Believers touch a ceiba, a sacred tree in Afro-Cuban religions, marking the city's founding, in Havana, Cuba, Nov. 16, 2018. Part of the celebration includes the tradition of making wishes while walking three times around the ceiba tree, touching it or even kissing the tree, which is located near the spot where the city was officially founded. (AP Photo/Desmond Boylan, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/2d28de0efa8f44a1867dba96a3734aff/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - Believers touch a ceiba, a sacred tree in Afro-Cuban religions, marking the city's founding, in Havana, Cuba, Nov. 16, 2018. Part of the celebration includes the tradition of making wishes while walking three times around the ceiba tree, touching it or even kissing the tree, which is located near the spot where the city was officially founded. (AP Photo/Desmond Boylan, File)
![Ramon Espinosa FILE - People light candles in honor of Cuba's patron saint, the Virgin of Charity of Cobre, at her shrine in El Cobre, Cuba, Feb. 11, 2024. The Vatican-recognized Virgin, venerated by Catholics and followers of Afro-Cuban Santeria traditions, is at the heart of Cuban identity. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/4c802ec3050d4a78b304a2d8de8da7bf/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - People light candles in honor of Cuba's patron saint, the Virgin of Charity of Cobre, at her shrine in El Cobre, Cuba, Feb. 11, 2024. The Vatican-recognized Virgin, venerated by Catholics and followers of Afro-Cuban Santeria traditions, is at the heart of Cuban identity. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, File)
![Ramon Espinosa FILE - Devotees carry a statue of Jesus Christ past a jazz bar during a Holy Week procession in Havana, Cuba, March 29, 2024. Critics say Cuba is still falling short on religious tolerance. But they also say progress has been achieved. Some call it a time of a Cuban religious revival. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/6576de4523c74779bd5c749c13b19f0c/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - Devotees carry a statue of Jesus Christ past a jazz bar during a Holy Week procession in Havana, Cuba, March 29, 2024. Critics say Cuba is still falling short on religious tolerance. But they also say progress has been achieved. Some call it a time of a Cuban religious revival. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, File)
![Ramon Espinosa FILE - Rev. Elaine Saralegui, wearing a rainbow-colored clergy stole and her clerical collar, welcomes congregants to a service at the Metropolitan Community Church, an LGBTQ+ inclusive house of worship, as Ruth the dog stands with her front paws on the altar table, in Matanzas, Cuba, Feb. 2, 2024. In 2015, with support from the U.S.-based LGBTQ+ affirming Metropolitan Community Churches, they converted a house into their church, decked with wooden pews and a stained-glass cross that hangs above the altar. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/e4a47562b9f74407b104de11203bd719/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - Rev. Elaine Saralegui, wearing a rainbow-colored clergy stole and her clerical collar, welcomes congregants to a service at the Metropolitan Community Church, an LGBTQ+ inclusive house of worship, as Ruth the dog stands with her front paws on the altar table, in Matanzas, Cuba, Feb. 2, 2024. In 2015, with support from the U.S.-based LGBTQ+ affirming Metropolitan Community Churches, they converted a house into their church, decked with wooden pews and a stained-glass cross that hangs above the altar. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, File)
![Ramon Espinosa FILE - Marisa Ramirez Gutierrez, standing center, holds still on her symbolic throne dressed in the robe of the the "Iyawo," or bride, alongside a pregnant woman who represents birth, and her mother, who represents a woman who has already given birth, inside her home as part of many initiation ceremonies marking the start of her one-year journey to become a Yoruba priestess in Havana, Cuba, Sept. 11, 2015. Santería was born as a form of quiet resistance among Cuba’s Black communities. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/15187c37847741d4be5ca577b446b3d3/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - Marisa Ramirez Gutierrez, standing center, holds still on her symbolic throne dressed in the robe of the the "Iyawo," or bride, alongside a pregnant woman who represents birth, and her mother, who represents a woman who has already given birth, inside her home as part of many initiation ceremonies marking the start of her one-year journey to become a Yoruba priestess in Havana, Cuba, Sept. 11, 2015. Santería was born as a form of quiet resistance among Cuba’s Black communities. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, File)
![Ramon Espinosa FILE - A crucifix is carried by faithful during a Holy Week procession backdropped by a mural of Fidel Castro and Camilo Cienfuegos, in Havana, Cuba, Friday, March 29, 2024. The 1959 revolution led by Castro installed an atheist, Communist government that sought to replace the Catholic Church as the guiding force in the lives of Cubans. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/9ee06111d8634f0180c8509fbc2258b4/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - A crucifix is carried by faithful during a Holy Week procession backdropped by a mural of Fidel Castro and Camilo Cienfuegos, in Havana, Cuba, Friday, March 29, 2024. The 1959 revolution led by Castro installed an atheist, Communist government that sought to replace the Catholic Church as the guiding force in the lives of Cubans. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, File)
![Ramon Espinosa Doves perch on a church cross during a Good Friday procession in Havana, Cuba, Friday, March 29, 2024. More than 60% of Cuba’s 11 million people are baptized Catholic, according to the church. But experts estimate that as many, or more, also follow Afro-Cuban traditions such as Santeria that intermingle with Catholicism. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/ee082176bc6f4595b3d334fdcdbdb899/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Doves perch on a church cross during a Good Friday procession in Havana, Cuba, Friday, March 29, 2024. More than 60% of Cuba’s 11 million people are baptized Catholic, according to the church. But experts estimate that as many, or more, also follow Afro-Cuban traditions such as Santeria that intermingle with Catholicism. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
![Ramon Espinosa FILE - A dog barks from the top of a niche housing a statue of Saint Lazaro, also known as the Afro-Cuban Yoruba deity Babalu-Aye, in Santiago de las Vegas, Cuba, Dec. 16, 2019. More than 60% of Cuba’s 11 million people are baptized Catholic, according to the church. But experts estimate that as many, or more, also follow Afro-Cuban traditions such as Santeria that intermingle with Catholicism. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/7c4e54c9726842cdb208a60dbd487bec/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - A dog barks from the top of a niche housing a statue of Saint Lazaro, also known as the Afro-Cuban Yoruba deity Babalu-Aye, in Santiago de las Vegas, Cuba, Dec. 16, 2019. More than 60% of Cuba’s 11 million people are baptized Catholic, according to the church. But experts estimate that as many, or more, also follow Afro-Cuban traditions such as Santeria that intermingle with Catholicism. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, File)