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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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

Pope Francis offers his take on ‘slipped’ Maradona and ‘gentleman’ Messi

02-11-2023 01:24 Holy Father highlights professional careers of both legendary Argentine footballers – but adds he would add Brazilian icon Pelé to his top three.

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