Pope John Paul II: Life, glory and the last days

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Cuban President Fidel Castro (L) greets Pope John Paul II on January 25, 1998, after the Pope's historic mass in Havana's Revolution Square. Pope John Paul II helped bring down the Berlin Wall, but hardly dented Cuban Communism despite a landmark visit to the island that many thought would open up the Western Hemisphere's last Marxist state.

Cuban President Fidel Castro (L) greets Pope John Paul II on January 25, 1998, after the Pope's historic mass in Havana's Revolution Square. Pope John Paul II helped bring down the Berlin Wall, but hardly dented Cuban Communism despite a landmark visit to the island that many thought would open up the Western Hemisphere's last Marxist state. — Reuters