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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...

Despite what appeared to be thousands of plainclothes and uniformed security officers in Havana’s Plaza of the Revolution during a papal Mass on Sunday, a man began emotionally appealing to the pope and grabbing onto the popemobile as it drove through the crowd before the...

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.

Pope Francis began his trip to Cuba on Saturday by praising the normalization of relations with its former Cold War foe, the United States, calling it an example to the rest of the world.

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.

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...

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 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.