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Pope Francis meets the Castros after mass on iconic Havana square

HAVANA, Cuba ā€“ Pope Francis met Sunday with Fidel and RaĆŗl Castro, the brothers who have ruled Cuba since its 1959 revolution, after celebrating an outdoor mass attended by hundreds of thousands.

Pope Francis in Cuba: Mass before a packed Revolution Square

HAVANA, Cuba ā€“ Pope Francis delivered mass Sunday before hundreds of thousands of people on Havana's iconic Revolution Square, calling Cubans to serve the downtrodden and warning them that "service is never ideological."

Cuban Americans make pilgrimages to see Pope Francis in their native land

The regular bedlam of long ticket lines and spinning luggage machines at the Miami International Airport got an extra charge of emotion on the eve of Pope Francis's visit to Cuba, as hundreds of Cuban Americans prepared to make the hop across the Florida Straits on Friday.

When Pope Francis visits Cuba, he’ll find many priests aren’t Cuban

When Pope Francis arrives in Havana on Saturday afternoon, he will find a diminished Catholic Church struggling to recover its place in Cuban life.

US arms maker markets Christian assault rifle called ‘The Crusader’

An arms maker in Florida is engraving Christian symbols on its assault rifles, in a marketing ploy denounced by a Muslim group as fomenting "hatred, division and violence."

Costa Rica archbishop uses annual Catholic pilgrimage to promote church’s anti-gay, anti-IVF agenda

In a reminder that Costa Ricaā€™s Catholic Church is still woefully stuck in the past, one of its highest leaders on Sunday used the annual pilgrimage to Cartago, which draws an estimated 2 million people each year, to speak out against legalizing gay civil unions and in vitro fertilization.

A Journey along Costa Rica’s RomerĆ­a: Faces of the faithful

Many pilgrims come from afar to make good on different types of promises, such as Franklin Arturo Garita QuirĆ³s, from Paquera, Puntarenas, who was sued by the Environment Ministry in 1986 after he was accused of deforesting his property. He made a promise to the Virgin of Los Ɓngeles, known as "la negrita," that if he won the case, he would walk every year to her statue in Cartago, as he's done for the past 29 years.

Costa Rica Catholics Pilgrimage to Basilica de Los Ɓngeles

This weekend pilgrims from across Costa Rica will begin walking ā€“ if they haven't already ā€“ to the BasĆ­lica de Nuestra SeƱora de Los Ɓngeles for an annual pilgrimage of faith known as the romerĆ­a, where they will pay their respects to and ask for favors from the countryā€™s patron saint, the Virgin of Los Ɓngeles.

Costa Ricaā€™s Catholic Church to take more activist role on environment following Pope’s call to action

Costa Ricaā€™s Catholic Church is looking to take a stronger stance nationally on the environment following Pope Francis' encyclical on the subject.

PHOTO REPORT: The Sagrado CorazĆ³n de JesĆŗs mass

Each year on June 25, San JosĆ© celebrates the the Sagrado CorazĆ³n de JesĆŗs mass, honoring the patron of both the Mercado Central and the Mercado BorbĆ³n.

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