Pope to meet Fidel Castro after throngs attend Mass
<p><a href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/pope-meet-fidel-castro-throngs-attend-mass-141128909.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/TNYcYV8fQvSHxNlT_nDE6A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-03-28T142025Z_1_CBRE82R13U300_RTROPTP_2_POPE-CUBA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Pope Benedict XVI waves to the crowd while arriving at Revolution Square to officiate a mass in Havana" align="left" title="Pope Benedict XVI waves to the crowd while arriving at Revolution Square to officiate a mass in Havana" border="0" /></a>HAVANA (Reuters) - Pope Benedict steps onto Cuba's biggest stage on Wednesday with a public mass in Havana's Revolution Square as he wraps up a trip that began with a blast at communism and will end with a visit with Fidel Castro. Crowds began gathering during the night to hear the leader of the world's 1.2 billion Catholics speak in the sprawling plaza that Castro, 85, used to fill with big crowds and fiery revolutionary rhetoric in hours-long speeches. ...</p><br clear="all"/>
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