Gerald Ford 38th president
The first alternative is correct (A).
The Cold War opposed two powers aimed at dominating the world economic system. The US aimed at developing capitalism and expanding the democratic system, while the Soviet Union aimed to implement the communist system. Communist systems are characterized by state control of the means of production, so that usually only one party controls each communist country.
Never read the article, but most likely true
And true
A. The pope called for a meeting of all church leaders