Pope Francis on Sunday hailed the release of Cuban prisoners as a “gesture of great hope” that he prayed would be undertaken ...

Pope Francis has praised Cuba's decision to release 553 prisoners as a sign of hope, facilitated by Vatican-brokered ...

Cuba then informed Pope Francis it would gradually release 553 convicts as authorities explore the legal and humanitarian ...

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

Pope Francis on Sunday hailed the release of Cuban prisoners as a "gesture of great hope" that he prayed would be undertaken ...

Hours later, the Cuban foreign ministry said the government informed Pope Francis it would gradually release 553 convicts as ...

Someone in the queue behind him said “let’s hope he accepts”, but he was, it seems, deaf to all the signs he was in the ...

“It is significant that Havana authorities linked this decision directly to Pope Francis’ appeal, who, in the Bull of Indiction of the Jubilee, and then on several other occasions, called for ...

“It is significant that the Havana authorities linked this decision directly to Pope Francis’ appeal,” said Cardinal Pietro Parolin. The Vatican’s secretary of state called the gradual ...

the Cuban foreign ministry said the government informed Pope Francis it would gradually release 553 convicts as authorities explore legal and humanitarian ways to make it happen. Havana did not ...