Pope Francis visit

The Camden Waterfront is now accepting reservations for over 8,000 parking spaces that are being made available to the public for Pope Francis' visit to Philadelphia this weekend.

SANTIAGO, Cuba (AP) -- Pope Francis ends 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.

House Speaker John Boehner has been trying for 20 years to get a pope to come talk to Congress. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi says it's "thrilling beyond words."

HAVANA (AP) -- Pope Francis flies to eastern Cuba on Monday for the next leg of his pilgrimage after having met with both Raul and Fidel Castro but missing out on an encounter with Cuban dissidents.

HAVANA (AP) -- Pope Francis begged the Colombian government and rebels on Sunday to end South America's longest-running conflict, saying they simply cannot allow ongoing peace talks to fail.

With the impending arrival of Pope Francis this weekend in Philadelphia, many South Jersey hospitals are working with planning officials to prepare for the huge crowds and expected logistical hurdles.

HAVANA (AP) -- Pope Francis opens his first full day in Cuba on Sunday with what normally would be the culminating highlight of a papal visit: Mass before hundreds of thousands of people in Havana's evocative Revolution Plaza.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Catholic officials say Pope Francis has issued a personal invitation by video for people to come to events during his visit to Philadelphia next weekend.

HAVANA (AP) -- Pope Francis begins a 10-day trip to Cuba and the United States on Saturday, embarking on his first trip to the onetime Cold War foes after helping to nudge forward their historic rapprochement. He will be offering a show of solidarity with Cubans and making clear that Hispanics in the United States are the bedrock of the American church.

Gov. Chris Christie has signed an executive order declaring a state of emergency ahead of Pope Francis' visit to the region next week to manage public safety concerns.