Cuban President Raul Castro on Sunday greeted Pope Francis at the Vatican for a "strictly private" hour-long meeting, saying afterword he was so impressed with the pontiff he may undergo a late spiritual awakening.
During the brief session, Castro praised the pope's "wisdom, modesty, and all his other qualities," and thanked him for helping to broker the thawing of relations between Cuba and the U.S.
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