The XXV US-Cuba Pastors for Peace Caravan will honor todayhere the deceased US religious leader Lucius Walker, in the context of the visit of this group in solidarity with the Cuban People.

According to the schedule planned, the inter-religious group will lay a wreath at the Cuban anti-imperialist tribune in honor of Lucius Walker, who was a great friend of Cuba and an emblematic figure of Pastors for Peace.

Later, on July 26 the 40 members of the Caravan will attend, along with the Cuban people, t5he ceremony for the National Rebellion Day that will be held this year in the western province of Artemisa.

The Caravan members will also meet the families of the Cuban anti-terrorists, unjustly imprisoned in United States since 1998, among other activities under the program of their stay here that will take until August 3.

The Caravan arrived here on the eve at the Jose Marti airport, where they were received by the president of the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples, Kenia Serrano, the chief of the department of attention of religious affairs of the Central Committee of the Cuban Communist Party, Caridad Diego, and other religious authorities.

During the welcome ceremony Serrano emphasized the solidarity effort of Pastors for Peace who toured 65 North American cities before arriving in Cuba, in defiance of the restrictions policy derived from the US blockade against the Island.

In addition, the Co-director of Pastors for Peace, Gail Walker, expressed her pleasure for being here to share the several activities with the Cuban people, keeping with the legacy of friendship of her father, Lucius Walker.