Pope Francis Gets A Birthday Gift: The Cuba Deal

Adam Chandler, The Atlantic
Wed, 12/17/2014 - 11:33am

As more details emerge about the watershed normalizing of diplomatic relations between the United States and Cuba, we're learning more about the instrumental role that Pope Francis played in helping to bring American and Cuban leaders together. On Wednesday, a senior Obama administration officials spoke of an "extraordinary letter" written by the pope to President Obama and Cuban President Raúl Castro over the summer in which he urged the two men to mend the relationship between their countries.

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