Pope Blesses Cancer-Stricken Chavez in Cuba, Journalist Says
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Pope Benedict XVI gave Hugo Chavez his blessing for a quick recovery in a private meeting in Cuba requested by the cancer-stricken Venezuelan leader, according to an opposition journalist.
Cuban President Raul Castro and his brother, Fidel Castro, were present at the 5-minute meeting yesterday in Havana, Nelson Bocaranda, who frequently breaks news on the president’s health in the absence of details from the government, wrote on his blog. The pope gave Chavez a rosary that he blessed, Bocaranda reported without saying how he obtained the information.