Who Would Have Thunk It?

"HAVANA (AP) -- Cuban President Fidel Castro expressed condolences for the death of Pope John Paul II and declared three days of official mourning on the communist-run island beginning Sunday.

In a letter to the Vatican published Sunday on the front page of Juventud Rebelde newspaper, Castro called the pope's passing ``sad news'' and expressed ``the most heartfelt condolences of the Cuban people and government.''"

Cuba's Castro Sends Condolences to Vatican