Following the success of the 48th West Indian American Labor Day Carnival Parade, Kwayera Archer Cunningham asserted it was time build on brand Caribbean, starting in Brooklyn, which she called "Caribbean Central" in the U.S.

Pope Francis was ending his visit to Cuba on Tuesday with a Mass at the country's most revered shrine and a pep talk with families before flying north to Washington for the start of his U.S. tour.

With Cuban president Raul Castro and VP Miguel Diaz Canel in the audience, Pope Francis celebrated today in Santiago de Cuba his last religious act on the island before traveling to the United States.

Pope Francis is scheduled to arrive in Washington, D.C., this afternoon after wrapping up his trip to Cuba. His final stop on the island is in Santiago, with a Mass at the country’s most-revered shrine and a pep talk with families.

Military braids, stethoscopes and even a baseball adorn a shrine for the 'Virgin of Charity,' Cuba's most precious religious icon where Pope Francis is to celebrate his last Mass on the island this week.

Pope Francis delivered a mass in eastern Cuba Monday morning, a day after doing the same for hundreds of thousands in Havana.