Argentina Archives

People around the globe stop for a minute of prayer for peace
- Global Church, Vatican
- June 8, 2017
The Archbishop of Bombay, Cardinal Oswald Gracias and popstar Miley Cyrus were just some of the people who stopped for a minute of prayer for peace on Thursday. The initiative – promoted by Pope Francis – marked the anniversary of the meeting of Pope Francis, the late Israeli President Shimon Peres and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the Vatican Gardens.
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Argentine bishops in hot water for echoing Francis’s message of reconciliation
- Global Church
- May 9, 2017
A May 2-6 assembly of Argentine bishops sparked controversy , when on day three of the meeting the bishops heard the witness from both sides of the 1970s military dictatorship. This was considered by Madres de Plaza de Mayo and other groups as an offense given they already felt the Church had been culpable of collusion with the dictatorship.
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Nun arrested for allegedly abusing deaf children in Argentina
- Associated Press
- May 6, 2017
A Roman Catholic nun from Japan has been arrested and charged on suspicion of helping priests sexually abuse children at a school for youths with hearing disabilities in Argentina, authorities said. The nun, who was born in Japan but has Argentine citizenship, denied any wrongdoing during an eight-hour court hearing late Thursday. She was shown being led by police in handcuffs, and wearing her habit and a bullet-proof vest.
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Teacher who left Argentina during country’s ‘dirty war’ fulfills a dream

From 1976 to 1983, Argentina was embroiled in a campaign known as the “dirty war.” Waged by the military against suspected left-wing political opponents, the violence left an estimated 10,000 to 30,000 people missing or dead. In 1982, Claudia Raffaele escaped to the United States, and is now a teacher at Jesuit High School in Portland, Oregon.

After decade-long abortion row, Pope fills Argentine post

Filling a post that has been vacant for over a decade, Pope Francis on Tuesday appointed a new bishop to head his country’s Military Ordinariate. The previous one had been removed by the government for clashes over the legalization of abortion. The Church refused to accept the unilateral decision made by the government of Nestor Kirchner.