Church Recognizes First Beatification In Cuba

CAMAGUEY - NOVEMBER 29: Cardinal José Saraivan Martins, of the Vatican's Congreagation for the Saints, and Cardinal Jaime Ortega from Cuba (L) walk in front of the Iglesia de la Caridad church, during the beatification of Padre Jose Olallo Valdes (1820 - 1889), atte on November 29, 2008 in Camaguey, some 550km east of Havana in Central Cuba. Pope Benedict 16th recognized on March 15, 2008 a miracle by Padre Jose Olallo Valdes, when the three-year-old Daniela Cabrera Ramos's abdominal tumor was cured in 1999 after her mother prayed to him, and was thus authorized to be the first beatification in Cuba. (Photo by Sven Creutzmann/Mambo photo/Getty Images)