Cuba to admit Catholic clerics

HAVANA - Apparently warming relations between the Vatican and Havana got another boost from news that Cuba has decided to admit…

HAVANA - Apparently warming relations between the Vatican and Havana got another boost from news that Cuba has decided to admit an unprecedented number of Catholic clerics.

Fifteen priests and 24 nuns - the largest number allowed into Cuba in 33 years - will travel to the island, church sources said on Saturday.

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