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A man drives his taxi past a Cultural Center with the word &quot;Cuba&quot; on it, in Havana, Cuba, Tuesday, April 14, 2015. President Barack Obama will remove Cuba from the list of state sponsors of terrorism, the White House announced Tuesday, a key step in his bid to normalize relations between the two countries. (AP Photo/Desmond Boylan)

Cuban bishop says news of papal visit brings ‘hope to our hearts’

By Eduardo Berdejo - Catholic News Agency

Pope Francis celebrates an Armenian-Rite Mass to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, in St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican Sunday, April 12, 2015. Historians estimate that up to 1.5 million Armenians were killed by Ottoman Turks around the time of World War I, an event widely viewed by genocide scholars as the first genocide of the 20th century. Turkey however denies that the deaths constituted genocide, saying the toll has been inflated, and that those killed were victims of civil war and unrest. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Is there a light in the dark for Turkey’s invisible Christians?

By Elise Harris - Catholic News Agency

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI (left) is welcomed by Pope Francis as he returns to the Vatican from the pontifical summer residence of Castel Gandolfo, southeast of Rome, on Thursday, May 2, 2013. (AP Photo/Osservatore Romano)

Benedict’s resignation remembered: The pope who became a pilgrim

By Ann Schneible - Catholic News Agency

Pope Francis to visit Turkey amid Christian-Muslim tensions

By Nicole Winfield and Suzan Fraser - Associated Press