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Pope John Paul II Visits Cuba
In 1998 the then Pope, John Paul II, made a visit to the communist island.
It marked a change in relations between the Church and the government of Fidel Castro.
But some Cubans hoped it would lead to much greater changes.
Photo: AP/Vatican, Arturo Mari
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