Future Pope Francis wrote book on Cuba
December 22, 2014
Pope Francis, who helped broker a diplomatic opening between the United States and Cuba, wrote a book on Cuba in 1998, the year he became archbishop of Buenos Aires.
In his 144-page Dialogos Entre Juan Pablo II y Fidel Castro, the future Pope “harshly criticized socialism — and by extension Castro's atheist revolution — for denying individuals their ‘transcendent dignity’ and putting them solely at the service of the state,” the Associated Press reported. “At the same time, he denounced the US embargo and economic isolation of Cuba that impoverished the island.”
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