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Last minute here in revolutionary square. but in a few minutes time, the pope will land at the international airport and will go down one of the main roads into havana. we expect lots of people by the side of those roads cheering him on. this pope, of course, the first latin pope, the first pope from this hemisphere, but also the first pope who's played the biggest role in improving u.s./cuban relations. so it seems like a bit of a victory lap. but the pope is not the kind of person to rest on his laurels. he'll continue pushing for the church to have a stronger role. during three different ma...

United states. >> that's right. and cuba has had papal visits before. but as our patrick altman explains, this one is special for many reasons. >> reporter: we are in havana's cathedral square, and this is going to be one of the places pope francis visits on his first stop to cuba and the united states. as you can see, let's walk over here towards the cathedral. they're getting everything ready at a furious pace. still lots of work be being done here. streets being fixed up. builds being painted. they're still repairing a lot of the facade of this centuries-old cathedral. why is this so import...

And the united states, and he hopes in cuba, he stops there and hopes while there he will certainly be inspiring many. and the city of havana is busy making all the necessary preparations. cnn's patrick oppmann is there. >> we're in havana's cathedral square. this is u.n. of the places that pope francis visits on his first stop of his trip to cuba and the united states. and as you can see, let's walk here toward the cathedral. they're getting everything ready at a furious pace. lots of work being done, though. streets being fixed up, buildings painted. across the country, because this is a big...

Cathedral square. this is one of the first palaces the pope will visit. they're getting everything ready at a furious pace. still lots of work being done, though. streets being fixed up. buildings being painted across the country. this is a big deal for cubans. you can see they're still repairing a lot of the facade of this centuries old cathedral. this is the first pope from this hemisphere, first latin american pope. first pope, even though two other popes have come here previously, first pope who will be able to address the people in native spanish. the pope urging president's barack obama ...

And the united states. they are getting everything ready at a furious pace. still lots of things being done. this is a big deal for cubans. you can see they are repairing the facade of this century's old cathedral. why is it so important? this is the first pope from this hemisphere, latin american pope and he will be able to address cubans in native spanish. he improved a key role in improving relations between the united states and cuba, urging the presidents to make the deal that really ended 50 years of cold war animosity. so this will be the first opportunity to come to cuba following this...