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Pope Francis calls for Gaza 'genocide' investigation

Today 09:03 Pope Francis for the first time tackles claims of Israel's ongoing "genocide" of Palestinians in Gaza in a forthcoming book.

INTERVIEW

Rosendo Fraga: ‘Karina Milei has more power than the Cabinet Chief’

23-10-2024 07:04 Journalist, political analyst and historian Rosendo Fraga, recently interviewed by postgraduate students in investigative journalism at the Universidad del Sur de Buenos Aires (USBA), discusses President Javier Milei’s world view, Argentina’s new diplomatic line and the relationship with the International Monetary Fund.

CATHOLIC CHURCH

Pope Francis opens debate on the future of Roman Catholic Church

02-10-2024 12:02 Pope Francis opens a new debate on the future of the Roman Catholic Church, which faces pressure over the role of women and the ongoing horrors of clerical child abuse.

POLITICS

Francos suggests ‘Peronist sympathies’ behind Pope’s criticism

23-09-2024 14:46 Cabinet Chief Guillermo Francos has hit back at Pope Francis, alleging his “Peronist sympathies” are behind his criticism of President Javier Milei’s government.

CATHOLIC CRITICISM

Pope Francis criticises Milei government’s policing of protests

20-09-2024 10:40 Catholic leader voices criticism: “The government put its foot down and instead of paying for social justice, it paid for pepper spray, it was convenient for them,” he says of recent protests.

CATHOLIC CHURCH

Pope says he hasn’t decided whether he will visit Argentina

13-09-2024 16:55 Pope Francis says he has not yet decided if he will travel to Argentina next year.

POPE FRANCIS

Activists against bullfighting disrupt Pope's audience

07-08-2024 14:50 Animal rights activists briefly interrupted Pope Francis' weekly audience at the Vatican Wednesday, holding up signs demanding an end to bullfighting.

VENZUELA ELECTIONS 2024

Pope Francis calls for 'truth' in Venezuela, warns of violence

05-08-2024 11:51 Pope Francis on Sunday called for Venezuela to "seek the truth" after the disputed re-election of President Nicolás Maduro, warning parties to avoid violence.

CATHOLIC CHURCH

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.

CATHOLIC CHURCH

Pope deplores state of democracy, warns against 'populists'

07-07-2024 09:03 "Democracy is not in good health in the world today," declares Pope Francis as he warns against the "seductive" polarisation and populists.

G7 LEADERS SUMMIT

Milei at the G7: Laughter with Meloni, hugs for Pope, chat with Biden

14-06-2024 16:32 President had a warm meeting with the Italian PM and short exchanges with Pope Francis and Joe Biden. Bilateral meeting with Emmanuel Macron and IMF head Kristalina Georgieva.

G7 SUMMIT

G7 summit: Pope calls for ban on 'lethal autonomous weapons'

14-06-2024 10:47 Francis, the first head of the Catholic Church to ever attend a G7 summit, calls for ban on "lethal autonomous weapons" as he discusses challenges of artificial intelligence.

G7 SUMMIT

Pope arrives at G7 for historic address after morning of comedy

14-06-2024 10:38 Pontiff spends morning clowning around with over 100 top global comedians including Whoopi Goldberg, Chris Rock and Jimmy Fallon, before heading off to G7 Leaders Summit.

Church vs Sandra

Priests pressure Pettovello, government on social policies

13-06-2024 09:09 Criticism from Church leaders picks up amid increased tensions over lack of food supplies at soup kitchens and community canteens.

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

Milei, Lula, Pope, Modi to join G7 leaders at summit in Italy

12-06-2024 10:29 Pope Francis, President Javier Milei and his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva are some of the special guests attending the G7 summit in Italy on June 13-15.

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

G7 leaders gather in Italy for talks dominated by Ukraine

11-06-2024 11:24 US President Joe Biden, France's Emmanuel Macron and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida are among the Group of Seven leaders heading to the luxury resort of Borgo Egnazia in Puglia for the June 13-15 summit. Argentina's President Javier Milei and Brazil's Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will also be joining Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, who is hosting.

POLITICAL INTERVENTION?

Pope Francis warns against imposing debt burden on ordinary people

05-06-2024 16:46 Argentine pontiff, speaking before an audience that included former economy minister Martín Guzmán, says “no government can demand its people suffer deprivations incompatible with human dignity.”

CATHOLIC CHURCH

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.

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Italian media claims Pope Francis used gay slur in meeting with bishops

27-05-2024 18:28 Pope Francis used an offensive gay slang word during a meeting with Italian bishops, two media outlets reported on Monday.

CATHOLIC CHURCH

Against abortion, for LGBTQ rights: Vatican defends 'human dignity'

08-04-2024 16:14 Vatican publishes new text condemning "grave violations of human dignity," listing abortion, surrogacy and gender theory alongside discrimination against migrants and LGBTQ people.

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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.

TRAVEL & TOURISM

Margot Robbie is spending her vacation in Argentina – this is where she's staying

14-03-2024 19:00 Australian actor and producer is heading with family and friends to Francis Mallmann’s isolated cabin deep in Chubut Province for an exclusive culinary experience featuring cooking masterclasses by the famed chef.

CATHOLIC CHURCH

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."

PONTIFICAL MESSAGE

Pope Francis says state must guarantee ‘social justice’

28-02-2024 22:49 Two weeks after meeting President Milei at Vatican, pontiff contradicts head of state’s views on markets, the state and social justice in a pointed message to a Catholic NGO in Buenos Aires.

CATHOLIC CHURCH

Before dawn at the Vatican Museums, the key keeper unlocks history

15-02-2024 12:44 Gianni Crea, the Vatican's keeper of over 2,000 keys, oversees unlocking every door of the museum before visitors arrive.

PRESIDENTIAL TOUR

Milei returns home after positive international tour

13-02-2024 16:46 President Javier Milei arrived back in Argentina early Tuesday morning, fresh off his successful international tour of Israel, Italy and the Vatican.

WHEN JAVIER MET FRANCIS

Milei praises Pope in reversal after Vatican meeting

12-02-2024 14:25 "One of the things I have realised recently is that the Pope is the most important Argentine person in the whole of Argentina," says Javier Milei in interview.

FACE-TO-FACE ENCOUNTER

President Milei mends fences in private with Pope Francis at Vatican

12-02-2024 09:18 President Javier Milei shares a lengthy 70-minute private audience with Pope Francis at the Vatican – a once unthinkable proposition given his previous public criticism of his fellow countryman.

PRESIDENT @ THE VATICAN

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.

ANALYSIS

Argentina’s power duo meets at the Vatican after trading insults

11-02-2024 09:55 President Javier Milei and Pope Francis meet after libertarian leader's campaign trail insults.

CATHOLIC CHURCH

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.

Catholic Church

Argentines at odds: Milei and Pope Francis set to meet

09-02-2024 10:43 Javier Milei will meet Pope Francis for the first time on Sunday, amid seeing Israel as a "natural" ally, having different world views, and formerly calling the Pope an "imbecile" during his campaign.

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Bad omens as Javier Milei prepares to meet Pope Francis

08-02-2024 14:43 The President will meet the Pope at the Vatican but the build-up to the meeting promises tension.

by Juan Luis González

MILEI'S FOREIGN TOUR

Vatican confirms Pope Francis will receive President Javier Milei on February 12

05-02-2024 11:24 President Javier Milei will have a private audience with his compatriot Pope Francis on February 12, the Vatican confirmed Monday.

POPE & PRESIDENT

Pope Francis confirms that he will receive President Milei at the Vatican

29-01-2024 16:32 Pope Francis says he is “ready to start a dialogue” with President Javier Milei, reveals his organisation of his visit to Argentina is not yet underway.

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

Milei’s team finalises overseas trip to Israel, Italy and the Vatican

28-01-2024 06:38 Argentina’s president due to depart Buenos Aires on February 5 for trip lasting just over a week; Visit will take in stops in Israel, Italy and the Vatican, for a meeting with Pope Francis.

INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO

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

INTERVIEW

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

CATHOLIC CHURCH

'Mama Antula,’ nation's first female saint, brings Milei and Pope together

16-01-2024 15:51 María Antonia de Paz y Figueroa, more commonly known as ‘Mama Antula,’ will be canonised by Pope Francis on February 11 at the St Peter’s Basilica. The ceremony to mark the occasion is something of a miracle itself – it will bring the pontiff together with his once-fierce critic President Javier Milei.

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Pope Francis receives ex-president Alberto Fernández and his son at Vatican

15-01-2024 12:44 Former president Alberto Fernández travels to Vatican for meeting with Pope Francis, accompanied by his son; Former president thanks Argentine pontiff for his support during time in office.

Catholic Church

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.

"Dear Francis..."

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.

Christmas message

Pope Francis deplores 'desperate humanitarian situation' in Gaza

26-12-2023 12:03 Pope Francis has deplored the desperate humanitarian situation of Palestinians in Gaza and called for an immediate ceasefire and the freeing of hostages in his Christmas message.

CATHOLIC CHURCH

Vatican authorises blessings for same-sex couples, with caveats

18-12-2023 14:13 Document approved by Pope Francis approves "the possibility of blessings for couples in irregular situations (including unmarried couples or divorcees) and for couples of the same sex," but does not alter stances on unions or civil partnerships.

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

Davos, Israel and maybe the Vatican – Milei draws up first foreign trips

14-12-2023 13:15 Local news outlets, citing La Libertad Avanza sources, report Argentina’s new President Javier Milei will attend the World Economic Forum in Switzerland. Trips to Israel, Ukraine and potentially the Vatican to visit Pope Francis also being considered.

CATHOLIC CHURCH

Pope says he has chosen his tomb – in Rome, not Vatican or Argentina

13-12-2023 11:00 Pope Francis has chosen to be buried not in St Peter's Basilica alongside his immediate predecessors but in a basilica in Rome, he revealed in an interview broadcast on Wednesday. He also reiterated that he wants to visit Argentina next year.

RELIGION & POLITICS

Milei's spirituality: Catholicism, Torah and a 'libertarian' God

29-11-2023 18:37 President-elect Javier Milei's visit this week to the grave of an orthodox rabbi in New York shows the peculiar spiritual path of Argentina's future leader.

HOLY SEE CALLING

Milei tones down rhetoric on Pope Francis after call

22-11-2023 14:55 Pope Francis communicates with Argentina’s president-elect to congratulate him on his electoral victory. They spoke for five minutes on good terms and Milei invited him to visit next year.

PRESIDENT-ELECT'S PRIVATE LIFE

The making of a president – Javier Milei’s life before politics

21-11-2023 15:56 Argentina’s president-elect is more than an infuriated lion. A look at his youth, family, loves and controversies. From his childhood and education, to his times as Chacarita goalkeeper, to his academic training. The women with whom he fell in love.

ELECTION 2023

Mexican President AMLO calls Milei a 'conservative fascist'

14-11-2023 13:55 Mexico's Andrés Manuel López Obrador brands Argentina's libertarian president candidate Javier Milei a "conservative fascist" and criticises La Libertad Avanza leader's description of Pope Francis.

News of francis

Pope Francis calls for Gaza 'genocide' investigation

Rosendo Fraga: ‘Karina Milei has more power than the Cabinet Chief’

Pope Francis opens debate on the future of Roman Catholic Church

Francos suggests ‘Peronist sympathies’ behind Pope’s criticism

Pope Francis criticises Milei government’s policing of protests

Pope says he hasn’t decided whether he will visit Argentina

Activists against bullfighting disrupt Pope's audience

Pope Francis calls for 'truth' in Venezuela, warns of violence

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

Pope deplores state of democracy, warns against 'populists'

Milei at the G7: Laughter with Meloni, hugs for Pope, chat with Biden

G7 summit: Pope calls for ban on 'lethal autonomous weapons'

Pope arrives at G7 for historic address after morning of comedy

Priests pressure Pettovello, government on social policies

Milei, Lula, Pope, Modi to join G7 leaders at summit in Italy

G7 leaders gather in Italy for talks dominated by Ukraine

Pope Francis warns against imposing debt burden on ordinary people

Pope Francis apologises for use of gay slur

Italian media claims Pope Francis used gay slur in meeting with bishops

Against abortion, for LGBTQ rights: Vatican defends 'human dignity'

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

Margot Robbie is spending her vacation in Argentina – this is where she's staying

Pope launches fresh attack against 'dangerous' gender ideology

Pope Francis says state must guarantee ‘social justice’

Before dawn at the Vatican Museums, the key keeper unlocks history

Milei returns home after positive international tour

Milei praises Pope in reversal after Vatican meeting

President Milei mends fences in private with Pope Francis at Vatican

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

Argentina’s power duo meets at the Vatican after trading insults

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

Argentines at odds: Milei and Pope Francis set to meet

Bad omens as Javier Milei prepares to meet Pope Francis

Vatican confirms Pope Francis will receive President Javier Milei on February 12

Pope Francis confirms that he will receive President Milei at the Vatican

Milei’s team finalises overseas trip to Israel, Italy and the Vatican

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

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

'Mama Antula,’ nation's first female saint, brings Milei and Pope together

Pope Francis receives ex-president Alberto Fernández and his son at Vatican

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

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

Pope Francis deplores 'desperate humanitarian situation' in Gaza

Vatican authorises blessings for same-sex couples, with caveats

Davos, Israel and maybe the Vatican – Milei draws up first foreign trips

Pope says he has chosen his tomb – in Rome, not Vatican or Argentina

Milei's spirituality: Catholicism, Torah and a 'libertarian' God

Milei tones down rhetoric on Pope Francis after call

The making of a president – Javier Milei’s life before politics

Mexican President AMLO calls Milei a 'conservative fascist'

Milei, in the best of all possible worlds

Macron left powerless by EU trade push with French farmers up in arms

Javier Milei’s obsession with sub-aquatic flatulence

Juan Donaldo moving from Pink to White House?

A not so decisive decision

La salud de Jorge Lanata: se sometió a una gastrostomía para alimentarse a través de un botón gástrico

El gobierno porteño lanza una licitación para poner en valor la avenida Independencia

Tras el impulso del Gobierno a las importaciones, llegaron las primeras advertencias del sector industrial nacional

Jake Paul, el youtuber que venció a Tyson: "A la gente le encanta odiarme y yo soy fácil de odiar"

Máximo Kirchner durísimo contra Milei: "Lo veía saltar como koala a los brazos del presidente de Estados Unidos".