Global stocks fall, oil futures rise, on a report U.S. may soon strike Iran
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Asian and European stocks fell on Thursday, and oil futures rose, as
reports suggested a U.S. military strike against Iran could happen this
weekend.
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The first non-European pope in 1,300 years, he took over an institution rocked by sex abuse and other scandals, and losing faithful to other religions.
ReplyDeleteReinvigorating the church, he has forsaken many of the trappings used by his predecessors. He gave up the spacious papal apartments in the Apostolic Palace for a small apartment in a guest house and is driven in a regular car instead of the papal limousine.
Francis has also proven to be popular because of his statements urging the Church to be closer to the poor and to be more merciful and less condemning.