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Pope Francis makes historic first US visit

Americans in general approve of those efforts, with 54 percent wanting him to “continue as he has been” and another 23 percent urging him to be even more active.

– ‘Build bridges’ –

During his Cuba visit, Francis discreetly refrained from chastising the communist regime for its crackdowns on dissidents and curbs on civil liberties.

Before leaving the island on Tuesday, Francis said mass in Cuba’s second city Santiago, cradle of the Castros’ uprising against dictator Fulgencio Batista, calling for a new kind of “revolution.”

He urged Cubans “to build bridges, break down walls, sow seeds of reconciliation,” in comments that appeared to allude to the nascent reconciliation across the Florida Straits.

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