Pope Welcomed As Hero In Cuba

Posted by | September 19, 2015 23:00 | Filed under: Politics Religion

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Pope Francis is regarded as a hero in Cuba, where he is beginning a 10-day trip, for working behind the scenes to develop a diplomatic relationship with the United States.

[He arrives] after serving as secret mediator of their historic rapprochement. He will be offering a show of solidarity with Cubans and delivering the message in the United States that Hispanics are the bedrock of the church there…

His popularity ratings are high in the U.S., but he also has gained detractors, particularly among conservatives over his critiques of the excesses of capitalism.

Such criticisms have endeared him to Castro, who vowed earlier this year that if Francis kept it up, he would return to the Catholic Church.

But Francis has also been on record criticizing Cuba’s socialist – and atheist – revolution as denying individuals their “transcendent dignity.”

The visit began in Havana, where he is being greeted as something of a hero to Cubans who rightly credit him with helping restore diplomatic relations between the United States and Cuba. Francis issued a personal appeal to Presidents Barack Obama and Raul Castro last year to end 50 years of animosity, and later hosted the Cuban and U.S. delegations to finalize the deal.

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14 responses to Pope Welcomed As Hero In Cuba

  1. whatthe46 September 19th, 2015 at 23:06

    i need my ear plugs again. there’s those damn GOP heads exploding again!

    • rg9rts September 20th, 2015 at 04:01

      Wait till he goes to congress…it will be exploding zits

      • allison1050 September 20th, 2015 at 05:52

        Get your snacks ready!

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        • CandideThirtythree September 20th, 2015 at 16:14

          For the exploding zits? Wouldn’t that put you off your goodies? …

          OH you mean republicans! Well then pass the rum balls and cocktail sausages. This event is going to call for more than popcorn.

          • allison1050 September 20th, 2015 at 17:08

            Turtle Sauce Piquant? Maybe a little Crawfish Ettouffe?

      • whatthe46 September 20th, 2015 at 15:20

        ok, zits are grosser than exploding heads.

  2. rg9rts September 20th, 2015 at 04:00

    Gee Cuba is catholic

    • bpollen September 20th, 2015 at 07:10

      And yet they still like this Il Papa guy…

      • rg9rts September 20th, 2015 at 07:19

        I am and I do to…but the joint would fall down if I went inside

        • CandideThirtythree September 20th, 2015 at 16:11

          My son says he’d burst into flames if he went inside and I laugh every time he says it.

  3. William September 20th, 2015 at 15:39

    I like this Pope.

  4. amersham46 September 20th, 2015 at 21:53

    Gaining respect around the world , except from the GOP

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