Breakthrough on Cuba Highlights Pope’s Role as Diplomatic Broker JIM YARDLEY and GAIA PIANIGIANI The agreement between the United States and Cuba, coming on Francis’s 78th birthday, was a “beautiful present for the Holy Father,” a Vatican official said. December 18, 2014 at 12:00AM http://nyti.ms/1AdlEDt The New York Times World United States International Relations, Embargoes and Sanctions

By JIM YARDLEY and GAIA PIANIGIANI via NYT / Eethg. Corps. Inc. / Terrence Herschel G. World http://nyti.ms/1AdlEDt Breakthrough on Cuba Highlights Pope’s Role as Diplomatic Broker December 18, 2014 at 12:00AM The New York Times