HAVANA (AP) — The U.S. government announced Friday it was sanctioning Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel and other top ...

New Cardinal Juan García Rodríguez of Havana carries his scroll after receiving the red biretta from Pope Francis during a consistory for the creation of 13 new cardinals in St. Peter's Basilica ...

FILE – Pope Francis, left, reaches to embrace Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill after signing a joint declaration at the Jose Marti International airport in Havana, Cuba, Friday, Feb. 12, 2016.

The death of Pope Francis, the first pontiff from Latin America, is being mourned across the continent, but especially in Cuba, despite the communist government’s history of antagonism toward ...

The Havana Declaration. On February 12, 2016, Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill met in Havana, Cuba, - a moment nearly a 1,000 years in the making.

In total, five generations in the pope's family tree on his mother's side were connected to Cuba, starting with Diego de Arana Isla, a Spanish captain who settled in Havana as an accountant for ...

On assignment for my New Jersey newspaper, I stood in the middle of the “Plaza de la Revolucion” atop a hill overlooking Havana. Pope Francis wasn’t scheduled to show up until 9 a.m. for an ...