Morning Catholic must-reads: 06/05/15

Cuban president Raúl Castro will meet Pope Francis at the Vatican on Sunday.

The Vatican considered closing the @Pontifex Twitter account because of abusive responses, Archbishop Claudio Celli has said.

George Weigel argues that “the inept Vatican press operation has proven incapable of disciplining” the pre-environment encyclical spin.

Fr Ray Blake outlines his plan to open a “portal of mercy” in the centre of one of Britain’s most secular cities.

“New Agey feminist” Chelsea Clarkson explains how she ended up wearing a veil at an Extraordinary Form Mass.

And 21-year-old Elliot Smith describes “the experience of a lifetime” in Pope Francis’s presence in the Apostolic Palace.

Follow me on Twitter @lukecoppen for updates throughout the day.