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Pope Francis waves to reporters at Rome's Fiumicino international airport, Saturday, Sept. 19, 2015, as he boards his flight to La Habana, Cuba, where he will start a 10-day trip including the United States. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)

Pope Francis praises U.S.-Cuba detente as model for world

By Nicole Winfield and Michael Weissenstein - Associated Press

President Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro shake hands during their meeting at the Summit of the Americas in Panama City, Panama, in this April 11, 2015, file photo. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Obama eases trade, travel restrictions with Cuba

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

President Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro shake hands during their meeting at the Summit of the Americas in Panama City, Panama, in this April 11, 2015, file photo. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Obama phones Cuban President Castro

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

In this July 12, 2015, file photo, Pope Francis checks his watch as Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi stands beside him, during an airborne press conference aboard the airplane directed to Rome, at the end of his Apostolic journey in Ecuador, Bolivia and Paraguay. The Pope plans to meet Cuba’s president and its priests, its young and its sick, its churchgoers and its seminarians as he travels across the island starting Saturday. But not its dissidents. Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi said that Francis had not accepted any invitations to meet with dissidents, and well-known opposition members told The Associated Press they have received no invitation to see him. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File)

Pope plans to duck dissidents in Cuba, spawning criticism

By Andrea Rodriguez and Michael Weissenstein - Associated Press

In this file photo released on Monday, May 11, 2015, Pope Francis meets Cuban President Raul Castro during a private audience at the Vatican, Sunday, May 10, 2015. Cuban President Raul Castro has been welcomed at the Vatican by Pope Francis, who played a key role in the breakthrough between Washington and Havana aimed at restoring U.S.-Cuban diplomatic ties. (Gregorio Borgia, File Pool Photo via AP)

Pope Francis will likely meet Fidel Castro during Cuba visit

By Elise Harris - Catholic News Agency

Illustration on why the Pope should embrace Cuban political dissidents by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

GEORGE PHILLIPS: Advancing human rights in Cuba

By George Phillips

Strong winds and waves batter the coast as Tropical Storm Erika approaches Santo Domingo, in the Dominican Republic, Friday, August 28, 2015. Tropical Storm Erika began to lose steam Friday over the Dominican Republic, but it left behind a trail of destruction that included several people killed on the small eastern Caribbean island of Dominica, authorities said. (AP Photo/Tatiana Fernandez)

Tropical Storm Erika dissipates after killing at least 20 in Caribbean

By Anne-Marie Garcia and Danica Coto - Associated Press

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: John Kerry’s Cuban dissident diss

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

A worker wipes a representation of the The Great Seal of the United States at the newly opened U.S. Embassy in Havana, Cuba. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

EDITORIAL: America returns to Cuba

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Josefina Vidal, Director General of the U.S. division at Cuba's Foreign Ministry, gestures as she speaks with the media at the State Department in Washington, Friday, Feb. 27, 2015. The United States and Cuba claimed progress Friday toward ending a half-century diplomatic freeze, suggesting they could clear some of the biggest obstacles to their new relationship within weeks. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Cuba wont move ‘one millimeter’ to please enemies in the U.S.

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

Image: Wikimedia Commons

As U.S. returns to Cuba, Christianity rises

By Herb Scribner - Deseret News

Sen. Marco Rubio, Florida Republican. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Marco Rubio slams Obama’s outreach to Iran and Cuba

Associated Press

Former U.S. Marines Jim Tracy, F.W. "Mike" East, and Larry C. Morris lowered the U.S. flag at the Embassy in Havana, Cuba 54 years ago. They returned to Havana Aug. 14 to see the flag raised again. (image: screen grab from U.S. Department of State Youtube video)

Marines who removed flag from U.S. embassy in Cuba return to see it raised again

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times