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Pope travels to Castro brothers' Cuban home region

Pope Francis travels Monday to Holguin in eastern Cuba, a cradle of Catholic faith on the island and also the home region of communist leaders Fidel and Raul Castro.

Holguin is known for a cross that has overlooked the city from a hilltop since a Franciscan monk hauled it up there in 1790 -- though the original wooden version succumbed to old age and the 1950 replacement was destroyed by lightning.

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