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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.

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After mass, Francis had the meeting many were anticipating. Castro then gave Francis a book titled “Fidel and Religion”.

Fidel wrote a dedication in it: “For Pope Francis, on occasion of his visit to Cuba, with the admiration and respect of the Cuban people“.

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.

Pope Francis met with Cuban President Raul Castro at the Palace of the Revolution in this capital Sunday during his first official visit to the communist island, part of an global tour that will also take him to the United States.

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

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.

It is during this last leg of his visit where most from Sacramento will join.