Cuba has diverse religious groups that reflect it's turbulent political and religious history. Roman Catholicism is the most dominant religion practiced today, it was introduced by Spanish settlers during mass migrations in the 19th and 20th centuries however, post the 1959 Cuban revolution, the country was considered to be an atheistic state. It was during this time that Cuba also promoted atheism which came in direct conflict with the church. Atheism accounts for roughly 23% of the total population. After the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991 Cuba loosed up it strict control towards the Church and other religious groups. In 1996 President Fidel Castro invited Pope John Paul II to visit Cuba and in 1997 Christmas was officially recognized as
