{"id":115006,"date":"2015-05-10T06:35:15","date_gmt":"2015-05-10T06:35:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=115006"},"modified":"2015-05-10T06:35:15","modified_gmt":"2015-05-10T06:35:15","slug":"cuban-president-raul-castro-to-visit-pope-francis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/05\/cuban-president-raul-castro-to-visit-pope-francis\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuban President Raul Castro to visit Pope Francis"},"content":{"rendered":"
Pope Francis is set to receive Cuban President Raul Castro in a private audience at the Vatican.<\/p>\n
The Argentine Pope played a key role in a recent diplomatic rapprochement between the United States and Cuba.<\/p>\n
President Castro, who is stopping off as he returns from Russia’s WW2 Victory Day parade, wishes to thank the Pope for his help, Vatican radio says.<\/p>\n
The Roman Catholic Church has maintained relations with Havana since the 1959 revolution.<\/p>\n
The Pope will visit Cuba <\/a>on his way to the United States in September.<\/p>\n