Pope meets Fidel Castro, slams U.S. embargo

(Reuters) – Pope Benedict ended his visit to Cuba on Wednesday by urging the communist-run island to search for “authentic freedom” and condemning a 50-year-old U.S. trade embargo while also making time to meet with ailing revolutionary icon Fidel Castro.

The leader of the world’s 1.2 billon Catholics led a public Mass in Havana’s vast Revolution Square where Castro once drew huge crowds to listen to his fiery speeches.

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