Evangelist Franklin Graham said President Barack Obama will be able to see “real poverty and horrors” in Cuba during the president’s trip to Cuba this week.
Catholic Church leader Pope Francis is scheduled to meet with the leader of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill in the unlikely location of Cuba’s international airport.
Emanuel Church, a large church in eastern Cuba affiliated to the Apostolic Movement, an unregistered Protestant denomination, was demolished by the authorities on 5 February while hundreds of church members were detained.
Pope Francis’ diplomatic style and strategy is about to be put to the test — the pontiff is set for a highly anticipated appearance at the U.N. as part of his U.S. tour.
Senators questioned the integrity of the human-trafficking report after the Obama administration dropped Malaysia and Cuba from the report’s blacklist.