Francis Says US-Cuba Reconciliation 'Fills Us With Hope'

Pope Francis landed Saturday in Havana, launching a historic 10-day trip to Cuba and the United States, and he praised the detente between the two long-estranged neighbors as "an example of reconciliation for the entire world" that "fills us with hope." Francis called the thawing of relations between the two nations —  in which the Vatican played a central role — "a sign of the victory of the culture of encounter and dialogue." The pope will celebrate...

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