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December 22, 2014: Some Cuban Catholics Feel Betrayed By Pope Francis

Today on WLRN-Miami Herald News, you heard:

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10:04 Gay couples who want to marry in Florida were delighted with Friday's decision from the U.S. Supreme Court. The court left a federal judge's ruling in place, declaring the state's gay marriage ban unconstitutional paving the way for same-sex couples to tie the knot on January 6.

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9:35 In partnership with the Miami Herald, today we're bringing you a Wish Book story: A story about a Florida City woman who needs help and how this holiday season, you can lend a hand. With some assistance, she hopes to be able to show her nephew a little bit more of the world.

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8:30 Ninety-year-old Arnold Abbott of Fort Lauderdale was presented with the 'Advocate of the Year' Award by the National Coalition for the Homeless and the Congressional Hunger Center this past weekend.

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8:20 Florida State Quarterback Jameis Winston has been cleared of sexual assault allegations through a student code of conduct hearing.

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8:04 Several hundred protesters gathered at Jose Marti Park in Little Havana Saturday. They wanted President Obama to know they do not support the U.S. neutralizing relations with Cuba.

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7:43 In partnership with the Miami Herald, today we're bringing you a Wish Book story: A story about a Florida City woman who needs help and how this holiday season, you can lend a hand. With some assistance, she hopes to be able to show her nephew a little bit more of the world.

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7:30 As he announced "normalized" relations with Cuba last week, President Obama made it easier for ordinary Americans to visit Cuba. Not that ordinary tourism will be allowed under the half-century-old trade embargo. But the existing rules that allowed academics, journalists, church workers and other groups to visit Cuba have been loosened, and travel agents expect them to become looser still.

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7:20 A Florida lawmaker is pushing legislation that would prohibit a controversial kind of therapy aimed at LGBT youths. The bill, sponsored by State Rep. David Richardson, a Miami Beach Democrat, would prevent licensed professionals from counseling aimed at changing a minor's sexual orientation.

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6:43 We've get a dispatch from Havana on what people in Cuba are saying about the major policy changes in U.S.-Cuba relations.
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6:30 A noted Fort Lauderdale homeless advocate was honored in Washington, D.C. over the weekend. Ninety-year-old Arnold Abbott was presented with the 'Advocate of the Year' Award by the National Coalition for the Homeless and the Congressional Hunger Center last week.

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6:20 The work of Pope Francis to foster a thaw between the U.S. and Cuba has caused some fractures among Catholics in Miami.

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