班尼迪克乘坐在他的教皇座车来到广场巡游,蜂拥的民众高呼着欢迎他,并对他挥手致意。这里教区里有多个基督教群体,许多古巴人出于好奇也来观看,还有学生们,他们说是被要求来这儿的。教皇在做弥撒时进行布道,这也是此行的主题,他敦促古巴进行革新和变革。教皇赞扬古巴宗教自由的发展,但他希望有更多自由,包括在大学和学校里传授宗教课。
The United States says President Assad of Syria has already reneged on his promise to accept the UN-Arab League peace plan. Yesterday, Damascus said it approved the plan, but the State Department spokeswoman in Washington, Victoria Nuland, said no action had been taken.
美国称叙利亚阿萨德总统未能履行他接受联合国阿盟和平方案的许诺,昨天,大马士革称已批准该方案,但华盛顿国务院女发言人Victoria Nuland称叙利亚并未采取任何行动。
"Certainly we have not seen the promises that Assad made implemented. The joint special envoy is continuing his work; his technical team continues its work in Syria. We will have the Friends of the Syrian People meeting this weekend. So it's incumbent on all of us to keep the pressure on Assad to meet the commitment that he's made, and that's our intention over the next few days."
“我们看到阿萨德并未履行承诺,这支联合特别使团仍在试图说服阿萨德,而阿萨德的技术团队仍在叙利亚继续工作。本周我们将会见‘叙利亚人民之友’组织,因此,我们有义务对阿萨德施压,使其兑现承诺,这也是未来几天我们的目的。”