Alberto Fernandez

Argentina’s bishops call for prayer for life as government seeks to legalize abortion
- Feb 7, 2020
As the Argentinian government prepares a bill to decriminalize abortion and make it “safe, legal and available to all women,” the bishops’ conference launched a campaign titled “Yes to women, yes to life,” the focal point of which will be a Mass on March 8, International Women’s Day.

By Inés San Martín
Francis meets new Argentine president, as pope’s homeland hopes for a papal visit
- Jan 31, 2020
Pope Francis welcomed the president of Argentina, Alberto Fernandez on Friday. The meeting was highly anticipated in the South American country, as it could lead to the pontiff’s first visit to his homeland since he left in 2013 for the conclave that elected him pope.

By Inés San Martín
Argentina bishops criticize new government’s decree liberalizing abortion
- Dec 20, 2019
After over 3 million Argentines took to the streets last year to successfully oppose efforts in Argentina’s Congress to legalize abortion, the newly elected government decided to widen access to the procedure, bypassing Congress and openly challenging the country’s constitution.

By Inés San Martín

Argentine politicians show rare sign of unity during Mass at Marian shrine
- Dec 9, 2019
Sunday, when the Church celebrated the feast of the Immaculate Conception, Argentina saw an event labeled by participants and observers as “historic:” The incumbent president and the president-elect took part in a Mass in the country’s famed shrine of Lujan and shared the sign of the peace with an embrace rarely seen in the country’s politics.

By Inés San Martín
‘Francis effect’ in Argentina’s alternate reality a mix of light and shadows
- Aug 24, 2019
After being away from my home country of Argentina for the past five years, only going back to visit with the family for Christmas and the odd long weekend, I decided to avoid Rome’s scorching summer this year and head back on a reporting mission to take the country’s temperature regarding my fellow Argentinian, Pope Francis.

By Inés San Martín