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'No more death, no more exploitation,' pope says at U.S.-Mexico border

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico -- Speaking from the symbolic platform of the U.S.-Mexico border, Pope Francis pleaded for the plight of immigrants while warning those refusing to offer safe shelter and passage that their actions and inhospitable attitudes were bringing about dishonor and self-destruction as their hearts hardened and they "lost their sensitivity to pain."
FROM CUBA TO D.C.: Meeting reporters on plane, pope defends his teaching on social issues

ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT FROM CUBA -- Pope Francis defended his position on the economy, the environment and other social issues as faithful repetitions of the basic Catholic social doctrine.
POPE IN CUBA: Visit to Cuban shrine gives pope quiet time for prayer

SANTIAGO, Cuba -- In one of the calmer, more intimate moments of his visit to Cuba, Pope Francis and the country's bishops offered special prayers to the Cuba's patroness, Our Lady of Charity of El Cobre.
POPE IN CUBA: Pope calls for 'revolution of tenderness' in Cuba

SANTIAGO, Cuba -- Pope Francis called Cubans to a "revolution of tenderness" as he celebrated Mass in the Minor Basilica of the Shrine of Our Lady of Charity of El Cobre, the country's patroness.
U.S. diplomat tells pilgrims they can help normalize relations with Cuba

HAVANA -- The top U.S. diplomat to Cuba told a group of U.S. Catholics that they can help play a role in their country's normalization of relations with Cuba.
POPE IN CUBA: Holguin Catholics experience the unimaginable: papal Mass in public

HOLGUIN, Cuba -- The scene would have been unimaginable a few years ago: A Catholic Mass in Holguin's Revolution Plaza, where May Day parades and other patriotic events exalting the Cuban Revolution take place.
After decades of separation, Cuban-Americans return to homeland

HAVANA -- With looks of astonishment and joy, dozens of Cuban-Americans stepped off a charter flight from Miami to Havana Sept. 18 in advance of Pope Francis' visit.
Cuba cathedral restoration, begun after Sandy, finishes just in time

SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Cuba -- Behind the plush red chair in which Pope Francis will sit, a maintenance crew rushed to put the finishing touches on the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption, built on the same plot where Cuba's first cathedral was constructed nearly 500 years ago.
POPE IN CUBA: As Cuba hosts Colombia peace talks, pope prays for their success

HAVANA -- Vatican officials ruled out a Pope Francis meeting in Cuba with representatives of the Colombian government and a Colombian rebel group, but the pope offered public prayers for the success of their peace talks.
POPE IN CUBA: Serve people, not ideology, pope tells Cubans at Havana Mass

HAVANA -- As Cubans finally face the prospects of calmer relationships and greater ease of communication and commerce with the United States, Pope Francis told the Cuban people that love and service, not anyone's ideology, are the keys to their happiness.
Pope arrives in Cuba calling for freedom, better U.S.-Cuba relations

HAVANA -- Pope Francis began his visit to Cuba praying for greater freedom for the island's people and calling on U.S. and Cuban politicians to continue moving toward fully normal and neighborly relations.
Keepsake book, DVD to chronicle fall events

While the World Meeting of Families and the papal visit will not take place until next month, organizers are already offering faithful and fans alike the chance to learn more about the various keepsake items that will be produced to help preserve the memory of the historic events.
Pope's visits to Cuba, U.S. to highlight families, charity, tolerance

VATICAN CITY -- In word and deed, Pope Francis will take his vision of a Catholic's approach to family life, parish life, charity, economics, immigration and good governance to Cuba and the United States during a Sept. 19-27 visit.

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