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Thousands march on the Day of San Cayetano, patron saint of bread and work

07-08-2024 19:39 Annual Catholic march sees demonstrators voice criticism of President Milei’s government.

Pope Francis transfers Argentina's primatial see to Santiago del Estero

22-07-2024 18:09 The decision was informed by Bishops Jorge García Cuerva and Vicente Bokalic Iglic. “We are inviting an integrating look into the national territory in a renewed federal purpose,” they said in a press release.

Frente Joven: Catholic group gains influence in Milei’s government

07-06-2024 17:25 Members of the Catholic group Frente Joven, which raised its profile during the push to legalise abortion in Argentina, are gaining posts in Javier Milei’s government. Posts in the Cults Secretariat, the Human Capital Ministry and Congress. How the scandal of Sandra Pettovello and Pablo de la Torre relates.

by Giselle Leclercq

Pope Francis apologises for use of gay slur

28-05-2024 11:14 Pope Francis issues apology for use of a gay slur in a closed-door meeting with Italian bishops last week.

Girls, rivalries, football in Pope Francis's first memoir

15-03-2024 12:46 Pope Francis' new autobiography, which will be released next week, sees the 87-year-old is storytelling mode, joking around about his past. But he also addresses serious aspects, like his role during Argentina's 1976-1983 dictatorship.

Pope launches fresh attack against 'dangerous' gender ideology

01-03-2024 12:57 Argentine pontiff and leader of Catholic Church declares "worst danger" today is "gender ideology."

Smiles and hugs between Pope and President on Mama Antula's day

11-02-2024 16:36 After insults and a staged reconciliation, the president embraced the pontiff on Sunday when he saw him for the first time at the Vatican.

Finally face-to-face: Milei, Pope Francis meet at Vatican

11-02-2024 09:13 Argentina's top political and religious leaders, President Javier Milei and Pope Francis, met for the first time Sunday in Rome ahead of tomorrow's private audience.

Emilce Cuda: ‘It’s a fantasy that we’re individuals, we’re in relationships with others’

27-01-2024 07:00 Theologian Emilce Cuda is the first Argentine laywoman to receive a pontifical PhD in moral theology and the first female to hold an executive position on the Pontifical Commission for Latin America. In an interview, she discusses Pope Francis and explains why “individualism is an egotistical position.”

by Jorge Fontevecchia

Milei official ‘repents’ remarks against Pope, Judaism, Islam

26-01-2024 06:09 Former PRO deputy Francisco Sánchez, President Milei’s new Cults (Worship) Secretary is self-critical about campaign trail bashing the Supreme Pontiff, Judaism and Islam. “Anything implying emotional damage makes me repent,” he confides in an interview.

by Juan Pablo Kavanagh

Pope Francis set to receive Javier Milei at the Vatican next month

12-01-2024 13:37 Reports in Argentina say pontiff will receive libertarian leader at the Vatican on February 11, though presidential spokesman says trip is not yet confirmed.

Milei completes papal U-turn, invites Pope Francis to visit Argentina

11-01-2024 14:17 In November, he accused the Pope of having an affinity for “murderous communists.” Now, President Milei extends a formal invitation to Pope Francis to visit Argentina.

Mendoza court acquits nuns in Próvolo deaf children sex abuse case

19-10-2023 10:12 Nuns from the Antonio Próvolo Institute, investigated for sexual abuse of deaf children, acquitted by court; Victims’ lawyers criticise court and say they will appeal.

Archbishop Jorge Ignacio García Cuerva: ‘The Pope wants to come to Argentina’

09-09-2023 06:35 Metropolitan Archbishop and the Primate of Argentina on Pope Francis, poverty and the need for a solution to crime that isn’t prisons.

by Sonia Avalos, AFP

Church offers mea culpa, 40 years on from dictatorship's end

24-04-2023 15:05 Catholic leaders in Argentina offers mea culpa to victims for Church’s role during brutal 1976-198 military dictatorship; New three-part report probes Synod’s archives and behaviour during era of state terrorism.

Pope Francis says he wants to visit Argentina in 2024

24-04-2023 11:56 Leader of Catholic Church says in an interview that he wants to visit his homeland in 2024, in what would be his first trip to Argentina as pontiff.

Pope Francis: ‘Reaching my age in good health is a grace but I don’t know how long it will last’

17-03-2023 07:41 A special interview with Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the leader of the Catholic Church, to mark the tenth anniversary of his papacy. A historic interview for a historic personality.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

Pope marks 10 years with podcast and a diplomatic row

13-03-2023 13:21 Pope Francis marked 10 years as head of the Catholic Church on Monday with a podcast, a private mass and a series of interviews, one of which triggered a diplomatic spat with Nicaragua.

Pebbles in the shoes of the fisherman

11-03-2023 03:16 Even if Jorge Bergoglio was actively encouraging slum priests at grass roots level from the start, he was doing good by stealth while his media splashes largely served to perpetuate the conservative image of the hierarchy.

by Michael Soltys

Monsignor Oscar Vicente Ojea: ‘Pope Francis bothers the elites’

10-03-2023 10:58 Monsignor Oscar Vicente Ojea, the head of the Argentine Synod and one of the persons closest to Pope Francis, discusses the pontiff’s decade leading the Catholic Church.

by Jorge Fontevecchia