Castro: This pope's so impressive, I might return to church
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After leaving the Vatican, Castro, the brother of Fidel, the revolutionary leader who brought the Communists to power in Cuba, gushed with praise for Francis. The pontiff “is a Jesuit, and I, in some way, am too,” Castro said at a news conference. “I always studied at Jesuit schools.”
“When the pope goes to Cuba in September, I promise to go to all his Masses, and with satisfaction,” Castro said at a news conference at the office of Italian Premier Matteo Renzi, whom he met with after the Vatican talks. “I read all the speeches of the pope, his commentaries, and if the pope continues this way, I will go back to praying and go back to the church, and I'm not joking,” he said.
Phi Beta Iota: Some wildly interesting things are going on in the south — in Africa, the Americas, and Asia — and we have the feeling that most are missing the key trends. These remarks by Raul Castro are world-changing and of extraordinary importance to the future of CELAC and UNASUR and OAS.
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