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.

From the revolutionary José Marti to Our Lady of Charity of El Cobre, Pope Francis evoked hallowed symbols of the Cuban people as he arrived Saturday in a country that is mostly Catholic but has relatively few churchgoers after more than five decades of communist rule.

Pope Francis hailed detente between the United States and Cuba as a model of reconciliation for the world, urging Presidents Barack Obama and Raul Castro to persevere in building normal ties as the pontiff launched a 10-day tour of the former Cold War foes Saturday.

The United Nations Education, Science and Culture Organization (UNESCO) has issued a management plan to guide preservation and sustainable development initiatives in the Zona Colonial district of the Dominican Republic’s historic capital city of Santo Domingo.