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

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.

For fans of Conclave, there’s quite the inside story of the real thing in 2013 in the Pope’s new autobiography. We find that he arrived at the cardinals’ guest house with two cassocks and a return ...

Havana announced the decision after Washington said that it was removing Cuba from its list of state sponsors of terrorism ...

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 back to ...

The Biden administration said it would remove Cuba from its terrorism blacklist, while Cuba said separately it would release upward of 500 prisoners from its jails.

Havana told Pope Francis it would gradually free 553 convicts. It added that the gesture was unrelated to the U.S. announcement. The releases began on Wednesday, and so far more than 30 people ...

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.

Mr. Castro, he said, spoke fondly about his time at Belen Jesuit Preparatory School in Havana. The cardinal later made a second visit to Cuba and then also delivered letters from the pope to ...