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In an interview with actor [[Sean Penn]], Raúl Castro was described as "warm, open, energetic and sharp of wit".<ref name="thenation.com"/>
After a meeting with [[Pope Francis]] in [[Vatican City]] on 10 May 2015, Castro said that he would conditionally consider returning to the [[Roman Catholic Church]].<ref name = "Catholic Cuba" >{{cite news|last1=MacLaughlin|first1=Eliott C.|title=Raul Castro may join Catholic Church, he says after Pope Francis meeting|url=http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/10/europe/italy-raul-castro-pope-francis-meeting/|work=CNN|date=14 May 2015}}</ref> He said in a televised news conference, "I read all the speeches of the pope, his commentaries, and if the pope continues this way, I will go back to praying and go back to the [Roman Catholic] church. I am not joking."<ref name=Yardley/> The pope visited Cuba before his September 2015 visit to the United States. Castro said: "I promise to go to all his Masses and with satisfaction," when Pope Francis visited Cuba in 2015.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=[[The New Yorker]]|title=POPE FRANCIS IN CUBA|author=Anderson, Jon Lee|date=September 22, 2015|url=http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/pope-francis-in-cuba}}</ref>
In American film ''[[ Che!]]'' (1969) he is played by [[Paul Bertoya]].
== Honours and awards ==
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