Pope Francis has met Cuba's former President, Fidel Castro, after celebrating mass in front of tens of thousands of people in Havana.

Thousands of Cubans filled Havana's evocative Revolution Plaza for Pope Francis' first Mass, curious to see history's first Latin American pope on their home turf and hopeful over the key role he played in bringing about the historic detente with the U.S.

Pope Francis begged the Colombian government and rebels on Sunday to end South America's longest-running conflict, saying they simply cannot allow ongoing peace talks to fail.

Pope Francis got an early treat on his flight to Cuba Saturday morning. María Antonieta Collins, senior special correspondent for Univision, surprised the pope with a box of Argentinian empanadas, a stuffed pastry made for him by immigrants in Miami.

Pope Francis arrived in Cuba on Saturday. He’s scheduled to arrive in the United States on Tuesday. Catholics in Connecticut are looking forward to his arrival. Donna Taylor, who lives in Shelton, is one of them. She is from Philadelphia and she’ll be heading back there to see the pontiff.

Pope Francis hailed the detente between the United States and Cuba as a model of reconciliation, and urged Presidents Barack Obama and Raul Castro to continue working to build normal ties, as the pontiff arrived in Havana on Saturday for a 10-day tour of both of the former Cold War foes.