Cuban Catholics chant religious hymns before entering the Vatican's embassy in Havana, April 3, 2005. Cuban President Fidel Castro sent the Vatican his condolences for the death of Pope John Paul II after decreeing three days of official mourning. Pope John Paul II was the only pontiff to set foot on the Caribbean island, which Castro's 1959 revolution turned into an atheist state. It was a visit that brought greater religious freedom, though not the opening up of the West's last Marxist country. REUTERS/Claudia Daut