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An agreement has been made to allow Czech churches to reclaim property seized under communist, rule but give up receiving state subsidies.
As Cubans absorbed the news that communist leader Fidel Castro had stepped down, Foreign Minister Felipe Pérez Roque, prepared to welcome Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, the Vatican secretary of state, as he visits the country.