June 18, 2025 — Belly of the Beast
Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, the Vatican’s Foreign Minister, visited Cuba earlier this month to commemorate 90 years of diplomatic relations between the island and the Holy See, marking the first official visit of a representative of Pope Leo XIV.
Gallagher met with Cuba’s President Miguel Díaz-Canel and held mass at the Cathedral of Havana. The last three popes have visited Cuba.
Pope Francis was instrumental in facilitating the negotiations that led to the historic normalization of relations between Cuba and the U.S. in 2014.
