Cuba just endured a nationwide blackout of the electric grid, lasting for days — the third such disaster in six months. The ...

Cuba said this week that it was releasing 553 prisoners “in the spirit of" Francis' 2025 Holy Year and had informed the pope of its decision ahead of time. The move came a day after the Biden ...

Cuba has not reported how many of the 553 releases were linked to the 2021 protests or disclosed a full list of the freed prisoners.

The previous two popes, John Paul II and Benedict XVI, each prodded gently for change when they visited Cuba, in 1998 and 2012 respectively. The pope will give eight speeches or homilies during ...

In an interview, the leader of Pope Francis’s medical team called it “a miracle” that the 88-year-old pontiff left the ...

The 88-year-old pontiff has been hospitalized for six weeks with pneumonia in both lungs. He will need to rest in the Vatican ...

is propped against a crucifix during a spiritual celebration held by Santeria believers and members of the Yoruba Cultural Association of Cuba, to pray for the health of Pope Francis, in Havana ...

Cuba is making progress on a China-backed plan to install more than 50 solar parks this year capable of churning out more ...

Pope Francis had two acute respiratory crises ... a U.S.-financed broadcaster provoked the ire of the communist government in Cuba. President Trump dismantled it in a matter of days.

Unlike Pope John Paul II's Mass in the plaza in 1998 ... groups of Chicagoans have resumed coming to Cuba under the Obama Administration's newly-relaxed travel policy. In Havana, they find ...