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JANUARY - 98 - 01/31/98

Pope's visit to Cuba stirs U.S. embargo debate / Reuters

U.S. Media Missed Pope's Message During Cuba Visit; What Did the Pope Really Say? / PRNewswire

U.S. says Cuba continues to trample on rights / Reuters

Pope's visit to Cuba stirs U.S. embargo debate / Reuters

U.S. Media Missed Pope's Message During Cuba Visit; What Did the Pope Really Say? / PRNewswire

Exile group pitches humanitarian aid for Cuba / Reuters

Cuba Remains Steadfast on Communism / AP

Cuba reaffirms faith in communism after Pope's visit / Reuters

Cuba Mulls Pope's Plea on Prisoners / AP

Pope hopes for Polish-style change in Cuba / Reuters

Cuba thanks Havana residents for Pope's welcome / Reuters

Release of Cuban Political Prisoners Predicted / Reuters

U.S. prelate says Cuban religious freedom to stay / Reuters

Cuba Church Hopeful After Pope Tour / AP

For One Week Cuba Changes Rules / AP

Pope left Cuban Church with ammunition for change / Reuters

Pope's Five Historic Days in Cuba / AP

Pope John Paul II, Castro Texts / AP

Pope Bids Farewell to Cuba / AP

Catholic Cubans Filled Havana in 59 / AP

Cuban exiles cheer, weep at Pope's words at Mass / Reuters

Cuban Exiles Abandon Sail Attempt / AP

Cuba Promises Response on Prisoners / AP

Pope: Afro-Cuban Cults Not Religion / AP

Pope asks Cuba to free prisoners of conscience / Reuters

Excerpts From Pope's Comments / AP

Pope Visits Leprosy, AIDS Patients / AP

Four Exiles Head for Cuba / AP

U.S. Reps.: Castro Open to Religion / AP

Pope, Castro Posture in Cuban Duel / AP

Pope Advocates Freedoms in Santiago / AP

Pope Urges Cuba on Catholic Schools / AP

Cuban exiles launch secret landing mission to Cuba / Reuters

Pope Travels to Cuba's Richest City / AP

Pope slams U.S. embargo, calls for freer Cuba / Reuters

Excerpts from the Pope homily Thursday in Santa Clara, Cuba / Miami Herald

Catholics Hope for Change in Cuba / AP

Pilmgrims Remember Old Cuba / AP

Pope Crowning Cuban Patron Saint / AP

Pope Extols Catholic Education / AP

Pope Gives Youth Message of Hope / AP

Pope Honors Cuban Priest Varela / AP

Excerpts from Monsignor Adolfo Rodriguez, bishop of Camaguey / Miami Herald

Vatican Suprised by Helms Letter / AP

Pope To Honor 19th-Century Priest / AP

Pope: US Embargo Is Not an Excuse/ AP

Catholic Educators Applaud Pope's Call For Educational Freedom In Cuba / PRNewswir

Pope, Castro Exchange Remarks / AP

Pope brings atheists and Christians together in Cuba / Reuters

Cuba's Youth Speak Out / AP

Pope Meets Castro After Attacking Communism / Reuters

Castro May Free Political Prisoners / AP

Text of Pope's Statement in Cuba / AP

Text of Castro's Welcome to Pope / AP

Cuban dissident hopes Pope visit will bring change / Reuters

Pope urges US to "change'' Cuban embargo / Reuters

Pope Begins Cuba Pilgrimage / AP

Religious Repression in Cuba / Juan Clark, Ph.D.

Pope Has Arrived in Cuba / AP

Crowd shouts of `miracle' for exiled bishop's return / Miami Herald

U.S.group attacks Cuba over banned journalists / Reuters

Cuban exiles hope Pope will highlight repression / Reuters

Pope's visit brings tearful reunion of Cuban families / Reuters

For Cubans, Papal Visit Revives Religion and Fuels Hope for More Freedom / N.Y. Times

Cuba Tries To Rediscover Religion / AP

Cuba and Church Continue to Maneuver Over Pope's Visit / N.Y. Times

African drums welcome Pope trip to Cuba / Reuters

Cuba's Sick Await Pope's Arrival / AP

Cuba prostitutes defy clean-up before Pope visit / Reuters

Cuba denies exploiting Pope for cash / Reuters

U.S. networks flood Cuba with cash for Pope's visit / Reuters

Castro warms up to discarded faith with cold cunning / Chicago Tribune

Cuban Jews Await Pope's Arrival / AP

Faithful want priest to be saint / Miami Herald

Cuban Communists: Attend Papal Mass / AP

Cuba: Pope Won't Improve U.S. Ties / AP

Pope John Paul to visit a Cuba of contradictions / Reuters

Canny Castro asserts control over Papal visit / Reuters

Cubans joke as they prepare for Pope's arrival / Reuters

Cardinal: Pope Could Topple Castro / AP

Pope looks to bolster Church role in Cuba's future / Reuters

In Cuba, Answered Prayers / Wash. Post

The Pope Comes to Cuba / N.Y. Times

Pope asks for prayers for Cuba trip / Reuters

At South Florida Church, Division Within the Flock / Wash. Post

Cuba Denies Some Journalists Visas / AP

Cuba keeps stranglehold on foreign journalists / Miami Herald

Jesuit-educated revolutionary Castro admires Pope / Reuters

Pope's Entourage for Cuba Trip / AP

People Who Will Meet Pope in Cuba / AP

Spirits in soup tureens await Pope in Cuba / Reuters

Pope Trip Gives Cubans in U.S. Hope / AP

Castro urges Cubans "fill public squares'' for Pope / Reuters

Cuban bishop on Havana TV explaining papal trip / Reuters

Castro to go on TV to talk of papal visit / Miami Herald

Ex-Cuban detainee stages fast for Pope's trip / Reuters

Castro: Cuba Not Abusing Pope Visit / AP

U.S. Optimistic About Pope's Visit / AP

Pope will draw on long experience when meeting Castro / Reuters

Pope's visit comes during religious revival / USA TODAY

Pontiff Hopes to Bolster Island's Catholics, Unity / Wash.Post

U.S. Cuba base unmoved by Pope's Cuba visit / Reuters

Pope's visit shows isolation of U.S. policy on Cuba / Reuters

Pope's Cuba trip causes anguish, division in Miami / Reuters

Foreign media swamp Cuba for papal visit / Reuters

Vatican says wants more from Cuba / Reuters

Cuban cardinal sees 'passage of God' in Pope's visit / Reuters

Cuba Gives Cardinal T.V. Time / AP

Envoy says Pope free to say what he wants in Cuba / Reuters

Archbishop of Havana to address nation on TV / Miami Herald

Infirm Pope faces tough Cuba trip / AP

Papal visit leaves Cuban exiles divided / Boston Globe

Afro-Cubans say Catholics have slighted their religions / Miami Herald

Vatican denies Pope had dizzy spell / AP

Castro coy about religious beliefs / AP

Cuba's papal windfall / Miami Herald

Spy bug found in Cuba room Pope to visit - paper / Reuters

Pope Says He Hopes Trip to Cuba Will Strengthen Island's Church / W. Post

Pope salutes Cuba's 'courageous' Catholics / Miami Herald

American Airlines won't use own plane for Cuba pilgrimage / Miami Herald

Cuba steps up preparations for Pope visit / Reuters

Exiles plan to land in Cuba during Pope visit / Reuters

Cuban cardinal calls for real dialogue with state

Flight to Cuba for pope's visit filling up fast / Miami Herald

Pope's Visit, Clash of Catholicism and Communism / PRNewswire

Miami Cubans on plane pilgrimage to see Pope / Reuters

Pope John Paul II's Historic Visit to Cuba to be Covered Live On Odyssey / Business Wire

U.S. cardinal says Cubans ready for Catholic message / Reuters

Pope sends Castro new year greetings / AP

Shine like stars, cardinal tells Cuban children / Reuters

Cardinal Returns From Cuba / AP

Cubans Catholics celebrate "year of papal visit" / Reuters

U.S. Cardinal Holds Mass in Cuba / AP

Pope sees in 1998, calls for justice, peace / Reuters

Cuba squeezes TV networks over Pope / AP

DECEMBER '97

U.S. cardinal visits Cuba ahead of Pope trip / Reuters

Catholic Charity Navigates Cuba / AP

Cubans bid farewell to Che, set to welcome Pope / Reuters

Cuba says firecracker caused bang outside church / Reuters

Pope to find Afro-Catholics strong / AP

Pope won't spur political change, Cuban official says / Miami Herald

Cuba not worried about the Pope's visit / AP

Dont expect too much of papal visit, says Cuban cardinal / Reuters

Bomb Explodes Near Havana Church / AP

Cuban Youth Flocking to Church / AP

Cubans celebrate Christmas as holiday / Reuters

Christmas in Cuba: Two Stories -- Holiday Brings Gift of Hope to Cuban Americans/ W. POST

Christmas in Cuba: Two Stories -- Christmas Returns To Cuba / A.P.

A pilgrimage in progress / Miami Herald

Cubans celebrate a different Christmas this year / Reuters

Cuban Catholics Prepare for Pope / A.P.

Charter companies suspend Cuba flights for papal visit / Miami Herald

A 'positive climate' in Cuba talks / Miami Herald

Gloria refuses invitation to sing for pope in Cuba / Miami Herald

Archbishop cancels cruise to Cuba / Miami Herald

Castro gives Church TV time for Pope trip-cardinal / Reuters

Pope sends Cuba Christmas Message / A.P.

Castro to meet Cuban Roman Catholic leaders / Reuters

Miami archbishop may scrap pope pilgrimage to Cuba / Reuters

Cuban Cardinal Boost Papal Visit / A.P.

Cubans show their religious diversity at pilgrimage / Reuters

Cubans Trek to Shrine of Saint / A.P.

Nicaraguan anti-communist cardinal plans visit to Cuba / Reuters

Havana slow to issue visas for papal visit / Miami Herald

Cuba Readies for Jan. Papal Visit / A.P.

Castro grants Christmas holiday before papal trip / Reuters

Vatican welcomes Castro decision on Christmas / Reuters

Cuba mulls papal request for Christmas holiday / Reuters

Cuba Catholic revival precedes Pope / MSNBC

Cuba urged to recognize Christmas / MSNBC

Cubans pour out hopes and thanks to Virgin of Cobre / Reuters

Pope will address Cubans on patriotism - cardinal / Reuters

Church wants Christmas reinstated in communist Cuba / Reuters

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2,000 Gather for Historic Mass / A.P.

Cuba is not another Poland / Miami Herald

Cuban Church wants air Pope films on state TV / Reuters

Cuban church goes on-line to get news out / Miami Herald

Cuba vice-president in Rome ahead of Pope's visit / Reuters

Cuba restricts church's publicity for pope's visit / Miami Herald

NOVEMBER '97

Castro says Cuba needs Christians' prayers / Reuters

The pope: a man for all reasons in Cuba / CNN

Pope's Cuba visit "daring'' counterpoint to U.S.-paper / Reuters

Vatican officially announces Pope Cuba trip / Reuters

Cuba, preparing for papal visit, approves more priests / Reuters

Castro to attend papal mass in Havana in January / Reuters

Vatican officials meets Castro to finalize Pope trip / Reuters

Castro, onetime altar boy, eases up on church / Miami Herald

Cuba, Vatican in quiet struggle over pope's visit / Miami Herald

Cuban exiles permitted to return for papal visit / CNN

Cuban Church promotes reawakening / A.P.

Cuba Makes Concessions for Pope / A.P.

OCTOBER '97

Castro says working to ensure success of Pope visit / Reuters

Non-Cubans sign up for Pope pilgrimage cruise / Reuters

Pope's spokeman in Cuba to prepare Papal visit / Reuters

New restrictions put Cuban church 'on a ration card' / Miami Herald

Cardinal holds open-air Mass as Cuba prepares for papal visit / A.P.

Cuba, Church Have Different Goals for Pope's Visit / W. POST

Vatican spokesman will travel to Cuba to prepare papal visit / EFE

Cuba still evaluating pilgrim cruise ship from U.S./ Reuters

Enthusiasm Grows for Papal Visit / A.P.

Archdiocese's cruise not only route to Cuba / Miami Herald

Report: Cuba puts pressure on papal visit / Miami Herald

Vatican: Cuban Worshipers Harassed / A.P.

Exiles to make pilgrimage to Cuba for Pope's visit / Reuters

SEPTEMBER '97

Cuba announces Papal visit schedule

Cuban Cardinal condemns bombings as "terrorism"

Cuba: Religion Today

Cuba moves to clean up popular religious shrines

Miami groups organize common front against cruise to Cuba

Pope Meets Woth Cuban Envoy

AUGUST '97

Report: N.Y. Cardinal to go to Cuba

U.S. to ease travel to Cuba for Pope's visit / Reuters

U.S. Considers Easing Travel to Cuba During Pope's Visit / NY Times

Religion Grows in Cuba / AP

Cuban Church Awaits Pope's Visit / AP



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