Cuba Deal Is Major Victory for Pope

A flash mob on St. Peter’s Square danced the tango earlier this week to honor Argentine Pope Francis on his 78th birthday. The biggest present, however, may be the one he gave — the secret mediation of renewed diplomatic ties between the United States and Cuba, which was made public on Wednesday. "Today we are all happy because we have seen two countries, which had moved away from each other for many years, take a step closer yesterday," Francis said the following day in his...

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