Travel in Cuba offers glimpses of religious life despite communist rule

Cubans often enjoy freedom of worship under a government wary of criticism

This depiction of Our Lady of Regla can be seen at the Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de Regla near Havana, Cuba. Our Lady of Regla is an apparition of Mary and the patron saint of the area. Those in the Santería religion view Our Lady of Regla as a representation of an ocean deity.

When I first started planning a trip to Cuba earlier this year, I had an imag…