PLEASE NOTE: EDIT CONTAINS CONVERTED 4:3 MATERIAL<br/> <br />This was the moment a lone protester made his presence felt before Pope Benedict XVI presided over a mass in Santiago de Cuba.<br/> <br />The man, yelling 'down with communism' was quickly detained by Cuban authorities.<br/> <br />The pontiff's officials said it was a minor incident and that there had been no threat to the Pontiff's security.<br/> <br />Thousands turned out to greet the Pope and attend mass during which he said he recognised the daily sacrifice made by Cubans and that the Church would draw closer.<br/> <br />Just three days after saying that Communism no longer works in Cuba, the 84-year-old Pope delivered a carefully worded, nuanced and balanced speech less direct in its criticism of Cuba's one-party system, but included some thinly-veiled comments on its human rights record.<br/> <br />Pope Benedict's visit coincides with the 400th anniversary of the discovery of the Virgin of Caridad of El Cobre by fishermen, who found her floating in the sea.<br/> <br />Decades of hostility followed Cuba's 1959 revolution but Church-state relations have improved steadily in recent years, helped by Pope John Paul II's landmark visit in 1998.<br/> <br />Benedict is trying to cement the Church's recent gains in Cuba and offer more help in assuring that whatever transition comes is buffered by its social programmes.
