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The Latest: Pope Francis meeting with Raul Castro in Havana

FILE - In this Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015, file photo, a worker hangs banners ahead of Pope Francis' scheduled visit, on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia. After months of angst over long security lines and onerous travel, organizers still expect more than a million people for Pope Francis’ outdoor Mass in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
FILE - In this Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015, file photo, a worker hangs banners ahead of Pope Francis' scheduled visit, on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia. After months of angst over long security lines and onerous travel, organizers still expect more than a million people for Pope Francis’ outdoor Mass in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

By Associated Press 7 min read

HAVANA (AP) – The latest developments in Pope Francis’ visit to Cuba and the United States. All times local:

4:15 p.m.

Pope Francis is at the Palace of the Revolution, Cuba’s seat of government, for a state meeting with President Raul Castro.

The two men are greeting Cuban cardinals and government officials.

Among those attending is first Vice President Miguel Diaz-Canel, the man widely expected to assume the presidency in 2018 when Castro says he intends to step down.