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Last week, Obama renewed for another year the so-called Trading with the Enemy Act which imposes the economic embargo on Cuba, in order to maintain his executive authority to ease sanctions on the island as part of the normalization process.

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.

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.

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.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has arrested a 15-year-old boy near Philadelphia for allegedly plotting to attack Pope Francis and unleash ISIS-inspired hell during the pontiff’s upcoming USA visit, it was revealed Tuesday.

Easing the embargo on Cuba, he said, will “support the Cuban people in their effort to achieve the political and economic freedom necessary to build a democratic, prosperous and stable Cuba”.

“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”.

The Pope is widely credited with initiating the dialogue that led to the new direction in U.S.-Cuba relationship.

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

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...

But she offers three words of advice to people who decide to do so: Pack your patience.