Vatican City (AFP) – Pope Francis’s pivotal role in a landmark breakthrough in US-Cuba relations was the latest coup for a pontiff whose personality and popularity have made him an influential player on the global stage.As the world digested news of the historic rapprochement, it emerged that the Vatican had played a central role in bringing together the global capitalist superpower and the tiny communist island whose mutual animosity once brought the planet to the brink of nuclear war.The success reflects how, barely 18 months after he was elected the leader of the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics, Francis has given …read more
Source: Business Insider
