Minutes after arrival in Havana,Francis addresses thaw in relations between the two countries in celebration of ‘the victory of the culture of dialogue’Pope Francis has begun a politically charged visit to Cuba and the United States with a call for the two former adversaries to continue down the path of rapprochement – one that the Argentine pontiff helped to pave – and set an “example of reconciliation” for the rest of the world.
Within minutes of touching down at Havana’s José Marti airport on an Alitalia jet bearing the flags of the Vatican and Cuba, the leader of the Catholic church launched into what is certain to be the key theme of his nine-day tour: building on the deal he helped to broker final December between Barack Obama and Raul Castro.
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Source: theguardian.com