Summary: Pope Francis and his upcoming trip to the Andes provide the central theme this week on Latin Pulse. The program includes analysis from Rome and how the issues of marriage equality and LGBT acceptance by the Catholic Church may arise during the pope's trip. The program also includes discussion of the pope's role in bringing Cuba and the United States together diplomatically during the past year. The program includes analysis of the pope's shift to favor liberation theology. The news segment of the program covers the plans between Cuba and the United States to resume normal diplomatic relations. The program includes in-depth interviews with: Joshua McElwee of the National Catholic Reporter; and Andrew Chesnut of Virginia Commonwealth University. Executive Producer: Rick Rockwell; Producer: Jim Singer; and Production Assistant: Sierra Hancock. (To download or stream this podcast, click here.) (The program is 30 minutes in length and the file size is 42 MB.) podcast news Latin America religion politics Catholicism Paraguay Argentina Bolivia Ecuador Barack Obama Pope Francis Dilma Rousseff Brazil United States liberation theology the Phillipines LGBT issues Cuba diplomacy poverty environmentalism Mexico politics Canada marriage equality same-sex marriage climate change Catholic Church Vatican evangelicals Raul Castro Fidel Castro Drug War Central America El Salvador Oscar Romero Enrique Pena Nieto abortion media
