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Fidel Castro gave the Pope a book entitled “Fidel and Religion”, based on conversations between the Cuban leader and a Brazilian priest, in which he speaks about his views on Catholicism and his education in a Jesuit school.

Among the faithful there was overwhelming gratitude for the pope’s role in the new relationship between Cuba and the U.S.

Pope Francis’ upcoming visit falls on the 50th anniversary of the first time a sitting pontiff visited the United States.

Pope Francis has met Cuba’s revolutionary leader Fidel Castro, his brother President Raul Castro and celebrated Mass with tens of thousands of followers in Havana’s Revolution Square, as police prevented some dissidents from getting close to the pontiff.

Way to go, Pope Francis.

Ducey’s comments stand in stark contracts to US Rep. Paul Gosar, who said he plans to boycott the pope’s congressional address because of the possibility the pontiff will discuss his support for policies to fight climate change. “There is so much about what Pope...

Pope Francis’ highly anticipated visit to the United States offers an opportunity to advance our understanding of the significant role that the pope and the Holy See play in world affairs. With embassies all over the world, not to mention its churches and other affililated...

Rogers noted that Dyer is overseeing the visits while continuing to plan daily White House events, including Obama’s recent meetings with Saudi Arabia’s King Salman and Spain’s King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia, and an East Room ceremony where Obama awarded...

Many Cubans complain about the rigidity of Cuba’s system in which almost every aspect of life is controlled by the government, from cultural institutions to block-level neighbourhood watch committees.

“Pope Francis”, she says, “I want to tell you that my heart is sad and I would like to ask you to speak with the president and the Congress and legalizing my parents because every day I am scared that one day they will take them away from me”.

Three dissidents opposed to Cuba’s communist regime have been arrested as they approached Pope Francis shouting ‘Freedom!’ as he arrived to deliver mass at Revolution Square in Havana.

For Kit Johansen, there are memories of every papal visit to the United States.

A bilingual version of Maine-based pop artist Indiana?s?LOVE? sculpture called the “AMOR” is going on display outside the Philadelphia Museum of Art, near where the pope?s altar is being built.

The Holy Father’s controversial trip to Cuba, comes ahead of a much-anticipated and equally controversial trip to the United States.

“They also spoke about the upcoming visit by His Holiness Pope Francis to Cuba and the United States, acknowledging his contribution to the start of a new stage in relations between the two countries”, the ministry said.