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Pope takes off on historic two-week trip that ends in U.S.

Pope Francis is expected to arrive in Cuba Saturday for his first stop on a tour that will also include his first visit to the United States. Among other things, the pope will meet with President Raul Castro. President Obama spoke by telephone to Castro on Friday about the progress in normalizing relations between Cuba and the U.S. that the pope helped to advance. Allen Pizzey reports from Rome.
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