Archbishop Victor Manuel Fernandez Archives

Key ally says pope’s always backed same-sex ‘civil coexistence’
- Oct 23, 2020
Despite mounting doubt about whether Pope Francis’s bombshell remarks this week on civil unions in a new documentary are the result of clever editing by the movie’s director, a close ally from Argentina often dubbed his ghostwriter said the pontiff has always supported “civil coexistence” for same-sex couples.

By Inés San Martín
Pope’s personal theologian to head major Argentine archdiocese
- Jun 3, 2018
Pope Francis has appointed his personal theologian and ghostwriter Archbishop Victor Manuel Fernandez to head the Argentinian Archdiocese of La Plata, the Holy See’s press office announced Saturday.

By Hannah Brockhaus
Papal confidante says ‘Amoris’ critics locked in ‘death-trap’ logic
- Aug 21, 2017
Archbishop Víctor Manuel Fernández, rector of the Catholic University in Buenos Aires and sometimes described as the pope’s amanuensis, has issued a systematic defense of “Amoris Laetitia,” Francis’s controversial document on the family, saying its critics are locked in a “death-trap” logic and their approach risks “a betrayal of the heart of the Gospel.”

By Austen Ivereigh

Ethicist says ghostwriter’s role in ‘Amoris’ is troubling

Jan 15, 2017

It turns out that the most important footnote in ‘Amoris Laetitia’ may be one that’s not there, because a key passage of the document is lifted almost verbatim from a 1995 essay in theology by Archbishop Victor Fernandez — raising troubling questions about Fernandez’s role as ghostwriter, and the magisterial force of his ideas.

By Michael Pakaluk

Pope taps Protestant friend to carry his voice in Argentina

Jul 12, 2016

Pope Francis’s words are subject to scrutiny and spin everywhere, but probably no place more than his native Argentina. To bypass the filters Francis is launching an Argentine version of the Vatican newspaper, and to run it he’s turned to old friend who’s also a Protestant theologian.

By Inés San Martín