ROME — Pope Francis on Sunday hailed the release of Cuban prisoners ... as he welcomed an agreement the Vatican helped facilitate as part of a three-way dialogue with Washington and Havana that dates ...

Pope Francis received one of the U.S.'s top honors, published a memoir, and facilitated relations between Washington and Havana.

Vatican number two Cardinal Pietro Parolin said it was "significant" that Havana had responded to an appeal by Pope Francis for clemency. Social media in Cuba lit up on Wednesday morning with ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis on Sunday hailed the release ... facilitate as part of a three-way dialogue with Washington and Havana that dates back to the Cuban missile crisis.

The archbishop of Havana asked him for the text of a speech ... No scarlet shoes – the ones Pope Benedict rather liked – just his old orthopedic shoes. “I have flat feet”, he explained.

Cuba then informed Pope Francis it would gradually release 553 convicts as authorities explore the legal and humanitarian ways to make it happen. Havana said, however, that the gesture to the pontiff ...