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Pope visits Fidel Castro before formal meeting with Cuba's president
Monday, September 21, 2015 9:06
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Cindy Wooden | Catholic News Service
HAVANA — Although it was not part of his formal program, Pope Francis took time after Sunday Mass to visit Cuba's ailing former leader, Fidel Castro.
Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, Vatican spokesman, said that after the Mass Sept. 20 in Havana's Revolution Square, Pope Francis was driven to the ailing 89-year-old's residence for the meeting, which lasted 30-40 minutes.
In the presence of Castro's wife, children and grandchildren, Father Lombardi said, the meeting was “familial and informal.”
Source: http://stlouisreview.com/article/2015-09-21/pope-visits-fidel
