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The latest developments in Pope Francis’ visit to the United States. Take, for instance, the city’s three Potbelly locations.

He will speak to Congress and to schoolchildren in Harlem.

While he is visiting Washington, D.C. and New York City, Philadelphia-our home-is arguably the most important stop on his tour.

Pope Francis met Cuba’s revolutionary leader Fidel Castro on Sunday hours after warning Cubans to beware the dangers of ideology and the lure of selfishness as their country enters a new era of closer ties with the United States. Vatican officials described their 40-minute...

“He’s directly challenging so numerous things that have become political issues here in the United States“, Burns said. The fifth grader is one five Catholic school students chosen by the Diocese of Brooklyn to greet the pope when he arrives at John F. Kennedy...

Castro gave Pope Francis a copy of Freitas Betto’s 1985 book entitled “Fidel and Religion”, which is based off of a 23-hour-long interview between Castro and a Brazilian priest, Reuters reports.

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

Tens of thousands of Cubans attended the Mass at the huge plaza where Cubans celebrate May Day beneath massive portraits of revolutionary leaders Ernesto “Che” Guevara and Camilo Cienfuegos built into the facades of government buildings.

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.

Francis will finish his day with a vespers service and a meeting with Cuban youths.

“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.

Plus, more traditional Catholic activists – particularly those in the pro-life movement – say they haven’t been invited to next week’s event. He said, “I don’t get economic policy from my bishops or my cardinal or my pope”.

Also as part of the most recent package of changes is the removal of the cap on the amount of money that can be brought to the Island and a further easing of travel restrictions, though Americans still cannot travel to Cuba strictly as tourists. Francis will visit Cuba from...

Monsignor John Bonzagni of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield told 22News that an annulment is a trial that determines whether or not there was a fundamental flaw in a couple’s marriage sacrament, making it what the church calls “invalid”.

The announcement by Pope Francis of an extensive revision of the marriage annulment process within the Catholic Church has the support of the director of Family Life Ministry for the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston.