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Nuns 'stunned' as Vatican tells them to focus on 'human sexuality'

A prominent US Catholic nuns' group said on Thursday it was "stunned" that the Vatican reprimanded it for spending too much time on social justice concerns and not enough on abortion and gay marriage.

Cuba to release 2,900 prisoners in sweeping amnesty ahead of Papal visit

Those to be released included some who had been convicted for crimes against "the security of the state," but the government spokesman said they were not jailed for political reasons.