This Wikipedia article records that Cuba is the only communist state whose diplomatic relations with the Holy See, dating to 1935, were never broken, that Popes John Paul II, Benedict XVI and Francis visited in 1998, 2012 and 2015 respectively, and that Francis used his 2015 visit to press the Cuban government to give citizens greater freedom, means and space to practice their faith.
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AuthorWikipedia contributors
PublisherWikipedia
URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuba%E2%80%93Holy_See_relations
Source Typeencyclopedia
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Reliability Tier3
A crowd sourced encyclopedia article used here for the uninterrupted 1935 diplomatic relationship, the three papal visits and the absence of any bilateral treaty, straightforward diplomatic-history facts rather than a contested interpretation, hence the lowest tier rather than exclusion. Cross-Tradition Connections
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This source names Benedict XVI directly: "never broken, that Popes John Paul II, Benedict XVI and Francis visited in 1998, 2012 and 2015 respectively, and that Francis used his 2015 visit to press the Cuban government to give citizens..."
This source names Francis directly: "Popes John Paul II, Benedict XVI and Francis visited in 1998, 2012 and 2015 respectively, and that Francis used his 2015 visit to press the Cuban government to give citizens greater freedom, means..."
This source names Holy See directly: "whose diplomatic relations with the Holy See, dating to 1935, were never broken, that Popes John Paul II, Benedict XVI and Francis visited in 1998, 2012 and 2015 respectively, and that Francis used..."
This source names John Paul II directly: "to 1935, were never broken, that Popes John Paul II, Benedict XVI and Francis visited in 1998, 2012 and 2015 respectively, and that Francis used his 2015 visit to press the Cuban government to give..."
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- Sources, 10 claims: 6 well-attested, 4 holds.
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