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Catholic faithful make pilgrimage to Luján ahead of Pope Leo's visit

05-10-2026 16:11 Thousands of faithful endure a gruelling 60-kilometre walk from Buenos Aires to Luján, continuing a decades-old tradition of devotion, sacrifice and communal faith.

POPE'S VISIT TO ARGENTINA

Pope will find a 'wounded' Argentina on visit, says archbishop

02-10-2026 16:06 Archbishop of Buenos Aires Jorge García Cuerva says Pope León XIV will find a country wounded and divided when he visits in November.

PAPAL VISIT

‘Argentina awaits’: Pope Leo's visit confirmed, seven million expected

21-09-2026 15:06 Authorities prepare “largest security operation in history” for first papal visit since 1987; Pope will meet President Javier Milei, celebrate Masses in Buenos Aires, Córdoba and Luján, visit a prison and hold a vigil with young people.

CATHOLIC CHURCH

Leo XIV, first American pope, transcends his restrained style

20-09-2026 07:52 Pope Leo XIV has gradually imprinted his style on the leadership of the Catholic Church, finding his voice as he takes on some of the world's most pressing issues.

CATHOLIC CHURCH

Pope Leo’s visit to Argentina confirmed for November

06-08-2026 04:18 Vatican announces pontiff’s regional tour; Catholic leader to visit Argentina from November 8 to 11; During 12-day tour of Latin America, Leo XIV will visit 10 cities in Argentina, Uruguay and Peru.

CATHOLIC CHURCH

Pope Leo expected to visit Argentina in November on three-day stop

24-06-2026 12:21 Argentine military bishop who met with pontiff at the Vatican this week says the itinerary is "practically defined" – though the Holy See has yet to issue an official announcement.

CHURCH AND STATE

Catholic Church urges Congress to reject Milei's property bill

19-06-2026 11:35 Church bodies warn that Milei's government's 'Inviolability of Private Property' bill threatens national sovereignty over land, water and natural resources and call on lawmakers to vote it down.

FAITH & RELIGION

Beyond Catholic Argentina: the nation’s new religious landscape

07-06-2026 07:45 Catholicism remains the largest religion, but rising secularism, generational change and growing diversity are reshaping how Argentines believe.

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Milei: 'Highly likely' Pope Leo will visit Argentina in November

26-05-2026 13:26 Argentina's President Javier Milei says it's "highly likely" that Pope Leo XIV will visit in November; Foreign Minister Pablo Quirno is in talks over details of visit, says La Libertad Avanza leader.

CATHOLIC CHURCH

Archbishop of Buenos Aires warns Argentina faces ‘social breakdown’

25-05-2026 16:01 Church leader urges dialogue and consensus in annual ‘Te Deum’ service as tensions grow over austerity, unemployment and political polarisation under Milei administration.

PRESIDENT VERSUS THE PRESS

Milei renews attack as Casa Rosada press ban enters second week

30-04-2026 15:34 Thursday marks a full week without accredited press at the Casa Rosada; President ramps up row by branding journalists “thieves” and “corrupt” during Manuel Adorni’s report to Congress.

DEATH OF POPE FRANCIS

Fondness for Pope Francis undimmed on first anniversary of late pontiff's death

21-04-2026 10:05 Pilgrims pray and share memories at the tomb of Pope Francis on the first anniversary of the Argentine pontiff's death.

50TH ANNIVERSARY OF COUP

Argentina’s Church leaders says ‘never again’ as coup anniversary nears

19-03-2026 16:14 One cannot move forward without memory, say Church leaders in communiqué marking 50th anniversary of the March 24, 1976 coup; Bishop warns against authoritarianism and calls on state to “defend democracy” and the most vulnerable.

INTERVIEW

Gustavo Oscar Carrara: ‘Argentina has 6,000 villas housing five million people’

10-03-2026 06:05 Gustavo Oscar Carrara, the Metropolitan Archbishop of La Plata, warns about the defunding of urbanisation works in low-income neighbourhoods and the potential elimination of government department dedicated to socio-urban integration.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

POLITICS & CONGRESS

Catholic Church rejects Milei bill to lower age of criminal responsibility

28-01-2026 15:07 Ecclesiastical authorities issue statement criticising bid to amend youth criminal regime; Church demands "profound changes" from government, decries lack of consultation with experts.

FAITH AND RELIGION

The eclipse of traditional faith? The religious shift redefining Argentina and Latin America

27-01-2026 19:35 Catholic believers in the region are falling as those with no religious affiliation grow; Argentina has recorded one of the most significant falls in the last decade.

CRIME & INSECURITY

Sexual abuse in Catholic Church unpunished more in Latin America

29-09-2025 19:12 While countries in the Global North are progressing with more transparency over historical child sex abuse in the Church, Latin America remains the epicentre of silence.

Foreign relations & diplomacy

Social cohesion, poverty top agenda at Milei-Pope meeting

07-06-2025 09:22 Pope León XIV welcomes Argentina’s President Javier Milei at Vatican, where he expresses concern over inequality, poverty and conflict.

PRESIDENT & PONTIFF

Pope Leo XIV confirms Argentina visit during meeting with Milei

07-06-2025 09:12 Catholic leader tells Argentina’s president during one-to-one meeting that he plans to travel to the country. Vatican statement highlights discussions on poverty and social cohesion.

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

President Milei begins 10-day tour of Italy, France, Spain, Israel

05-06-2025 15:34 Javier Milei departs for the longest international tour of his Presidency; La Libertad Avanza leader will meet Pope Leo, Macron and Meloni, but the main event will be his time in Israel.

CATHOLIC CHURCH

Leo XIV says Church must fight 'lack of faith' in first mass as pope

09-05-2025 15:19 Pope Leo XIV urges Church to restore the faith of millions in his first homily as pontiff.

CATHOLIC CHURCH

Pride and praise in Peru for Pope Leo who left lasting impression

09-05-2025 08:26 Leo XIV first set foot in Peru some four decades ago as a missionary, before becoming bishop of the diocese of Chiclayo in the northwest of the country and gaining citizenship in 2015.

PROFILE: Leo XIV

New pontiff Leo XIV spent decades amid the poor in Peru

08-05-2025 21:34 Robert Francis Prevost was born in Chicago but also has a Latin American connection, after spending much of his career in Peru before moving to Rome under Francis’ guidance.

CATHOLIC CHURCH

Milei calls on Pope Leo XIV to defend ‘life’ and ‘private property’

08-05-2025 17:59 La Libertad Avanza leader calls on the new US pontiff to defend such "pillars" as life, liberty and prívate property.

REACTION TO NEW POPE

Trump says election of Pope Leo XIV 'great honour' for US

08-05-2025 14:44 US President Donald Trump hails election of Robert Prevost as new pope, says he looks forward to meeting him.

NEW POPE CHOSEN

Soft-spoken Prevost is first pope from the US (and Peru)

08-05-2025 14:32 Italian newspaper La Repubblica has called the new pontiff "the least American of the Americans" for his soft-spoken touch.

NEW POPE IN PLACE

Cardinals choose first US pope in Catholic Church history

08-05-2025 14:24 Robert Francis Prevost of the US becomes pope, will adopt name of Pope Leo XIV.

CATHOLIC CHURCH

Catholic Church's direction in the balance as conclave looms

05-05-2025 13:33 More than 130 cardinals, hailing from 70 countries across five continents, are gathering for a conclave to elect the successor to the late Pope Francis.

CATHOLIC CHURCH

Crowds flock to tomb of Pope Francis, as eyes turn to conclave

30-04-2025 14:46 Cardinals from around the world will meet under Michelangelo's frescoes in the Sistine Chapel on May 7 to elect a new leader of the Catholic Church after Pope Francis's death.

CATHOLIC CHURCH

Conclave starts May 7, with cardinals saying new pope must tackle abuse

28-04-2025 13:34 Cardinals will begin their conclave to elect a new pope on May 7.

STATE & RELIGION

Church, Milei government play nice despite tensions, distrust

27-04-2025 20:35 Death of Pope Francis shines a spotlight on the relationship between Argentina’s religious leaders, the clergy and President Javier Milei’s government.

by Juan Pablo Kavanagh

CATHOLIC CHURCH

Diplomacy likely to trump geography in choice of new pope

27-04-2025 10:36 Pope Francis championed far-flung regions long overlooked by the Church and a non-European pope would make sense, given that Catholicism is growing in Africa and Asia.

CATHOLIC CHURCH

Continuity or rupture: what direction for the next pope?

27-04-2025 10:30 The question now is whether Pope Francis' successor will walk the same liberal path, or take the Catholic Church in a new direction.

DEATH OF POPE FRANCIS

Buenos Aires bids farewell to native pontiff with call to action

26-04-2025 12:18 "Let us be the outgoing Church that Francis always wanted us to be, a restless Church that mobilises," says Archbishop of Buenos Aires Jorge García Cuerva at funeral Mass.

DEATH OF POPE FRANCIS

Hundreds of thousands mourn Pope Francis at Vatican funeral

26-04-2025 08:55 Coffin of Pope Francis laid to rest at the basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome for burial, following his funeral at the Vatican.

As I see it

Goodbye to the Argentine papacy

26-04-2025 05:00 While some of the causes Bergoglio embraced may have been good, by adopting them he blurred the distinction between Catholicism and what most of the “progressive” atheists and agnostics who have long dominated Western culture already take for granted.

by James Neilson

OBITUARY: POPE FRANCIS (1936-2025)

The Pope from the 'ends of the earth' called to 'repair' the Church

26-04-2025 05:00 Jorge Bergoglio enters history as the first American Pope. During his time heading the Catholic Church, he reformed Vatican governance, pushed for peace and reconciliation and guided the Church through some of the darkest moments in recent years, taking measures against child abuse by members of the clergy.

by Darío Silva D'Andrea

GUEST COLUMN

Pope Francis and his message of brotherhood

25-04-2025 23:44 Theological, ideological or political differences must not become excuses to distance ourselves from each other. On the contrary, they must inspire us to engage even closer in meaningful dialogue.

by Marwan Gill

FUNERAL OF POPE FRANCIS

A simple funeral for Pope Francis becomes conduit to see Trump

25-04-2025 14:26 Funeral for Pope Francis risks being turned into high-profile stage for international diplomacy at a moment of geopolitical turmoil.

CATHOLIC CHURCH

Hope, apprehension and politics: Cardinals search for new pope

25-04-2025 10:30 Catholic cardinals have admitted some apprehension at the responsibility of choosing the successor to the late Pope Francis.

DEATH OF POPE FRANCIS

Sister Genevieve, French nun who broke protocol to see Pope's body

25-04-2025 10:09 Her image has gone round the world. Sister Geneviève broke protocol near Pope Francis’ coffin to remember the man he met following the murder of her aunt during Argentina’s 1976-1983 dictatorship.

Death of pope francis

How Argentina will say goodbye to Pope Francis

24-04-2025 21:41 Argentina will bid final farewell to Pope Francis with a Mass at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Buenos Aires, following vigils and pilgrimages to iconic places in the late pontiff’s life.

Death of Pope Francis

Vatican welcomes world leaders for farewell for Francis

24-04-2025 21:34 Some 50 heads of state and 10 reigning monarchs to attend the funeral. Alongside Trump and Milei, they include Brazil President Lula, Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Britain's Prince William.

Death of Pope Francis

Milei set for funeral of 'most important Argentine in history’

24-04-2025 15:10 Javier Milei hails “impressive leader” before departing on flight bound for Rome to attend the funeral of Argentine pontiff at the Vatican; Impossible not to attend “event of this magnitude,” says President.

DEATH OF POPE FRANCIS

Thousands line up for second day to bid Pope Francis farewell

24-04-2025 11:49 More than 60,000 people have so far marched past the coffin of Pope Francis to bid him a final farewell.

LATE PONTIFF'S LEGACY

'Slum priests' take Pope's message to the poor

24-04-2025 11:18 The loss of Pope Francis has deeply affected the Catholic community worldwide, yet, priests from his hometown of Buenos Aires are keeping his legacy alive.

THE PONTIFF & POLITICS

A political Pope – probing Francis’ ties with Argentina’s presidents

23-04-2025 11:52 The man formerly known as Jorge Bergoglio recognised himself as being a political figure, long before his arrival in Rome. He once declared: "Christians should not be apolitical." A look at his links with Néstor Kirchner, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, Mauricio Macri, Alberto Fernández and Javier Milei.

FUNERAL OF POPE FRANCIS

The world leaders set to attend Pope Francis' funeral

23-04-2025 11:22 The death of Pope Francis has rattled the world. A look at the names of world leaders who have confirmed they will pay their respects at his funeral on Saturday.

Death of Pope Francis

What we know about Pope Francis' funeral

23-04-2025 11:14 Pope Francis is set to be buried on Saturday, this is what to expect and what we know so far.

Death of Pope Francis

Tens of thousands say goodbye to Pope Francis lying in state

23-04-2025 09:14 Body of Pope Francis transported to Saint Peter's Basilica, where his body will lie in state for the public to visit and mourn before his funeral on Saturday.

News of catholic church

Catholic faithful make pilgrimage to Luján ahead of Pope Leo's visit

Pope will find a 'wounded' Argentina on visit, says archbishop

‘Argentina awaits’: Pope Leo's visit confirmed, seven million expected

Leo XIV, first American pope, transcends his restrained style

Pope Leo’s visit to Argentina confirmed for November

Pope Leo expected to visit Argentina in November on three-day stop

Catholic Church urges Congress to reject Milei's property bill

Beyond Catholic Argentina: the nation’s new religious landscape

Milei: 'Highly likely' Pope Leo will visit Argentina in November

Archbishop of Buenos Aires warns Argentina faces ‘social breakdown’

Milei renews attack as Casa Rosada press ban enters second week

Fondness for Pope Francis undimmed on first anniversary of late pontiff's death

Argentina’s Church leaders says ‘never again’ as coup anniversary nears

Gustavo Oscar Carrara: ‘Argentina has 6,000 villas housing five million people’

Catholic Church rejects Milei bill to lower age of criminal responsibility

The eclipse of traditional faith? The religious shift redefining Argentina and Latin America

Sexual abuse in Catholic Church unpunished more in Latin America

Social cohesion, poverty top agenda at Milei-Pope meeting

Pope Leo XIV confirms Argentina visit during meeting with Milei

President Milei begins 10-day tour of Italy, France, Spain, Israel

Leo XIV says Church must fight 'lack of faith' in first mass as pope

Pride and praise in Peru for Pope Leo who left lasting impression

New pontiff Leo XIV spent decades amid the poor in Peru

Milei calls on Pope Leo XIV to defend ‘life’ and ‘private property’

Trump says election of Pope Leo XIV 'great honour' for US

Soft-spoken Prevost is first pope from the US (and Peru)

Cardinals choose first US pope in Catholic Church history

Catholic Church's direction in the balance as conclave looms

Crowds flock to tomb of Pope Francis, as eyes turn to conclave

Conclave starts May 7, with cardinals saying new pope must tackle abuse

Church, Milei government play nice despite tensions, distrust

Diplomacy likely to trump geography in choice of new pope

Continuity or rupture: what direction for the next pope?

Buenos Aires bids farewell to native pontiff with call to action

Hundreds of thousands mourn Pope Francis at Vatican funeral

Goodbye to the Argentine papacy

The Pope from the 'ends of the earth' called to 'repair' the Church

Pope Francis and his message of brotherhood

A simple funeral for Pope Francis becomes conduit to see Trump

Hope, apprehension and politics: Cardinals search for new pope

Sister Genevieve, French nun who broke protocol to see Pope's body

How Argentina will say goodbye to Pope Francis

Vatican welcomes world leaders for farewell for Francis

Milei set for funeral of 'most important Argentine in history’

Thousands line up for second day to bid Pope Francis farewell

'Slum priests' take Pope's message to the poor

A political Pope – probing Francis’ ties with Argentina’s presidents

The world leaders set to attend Pope Francis' funeral

What we know about Pope Francis' funeral

Tens of thousands say goodbye to Pope Francis lying in state

Argentina gets taste of global data-centre boom

Chinese whispers

Israel continues to surge ahead

Brazil’s second MAGA moment

Runaway run-off?

Maslatón: "Hay solo dos personas que saben que este plan económico fracasó: Caputo y Bausili"

Marcela Pagano no da tregua a los Milei: "Javier tiene el micrófono, pero manda Karina, con los Menem de gerentes"

Denuncian a Caputo y a Bausili ante la Justicia por el oro perdido

Encuesta: cuáles son los intendentes del Conurbano con mejor imagen

Un PRO puro de Angelici con aval del expresidente: el elegido de Jorge Macri para un área clave pensando en 2027