Argentina

Nicaragua says Ortega stronger than COVID-19; other Latin American countries prepare for pandemic
- Apr 3, 2020
There have been varying responses to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic in Latin America.

By Inés San Martín
Pope warns of ‘virionic genocide’ if governments prioritize economy over people during pandemic
- Mar 29, 2020
As the world continues to grapple to determine what is the best response to the coronavirus pandemic, Pope Francis sent a handwritten letter to an Argentine judge saying that despite being an “economic disaster,” life has to be prioritized over the economy as not to provoke a “virionic genocide.”

By Inés San Martín
Argentina’s president calls in priests to help prepare slums for COVID-19
- Mar 27, 2020
Argentina’s “slum priests” are joining forces with the national government to help flatten the curve of coronavirus, particularly in the country’s 4,500 shanty towns and illegal settlements.

By Inés San Martín

Poll shows pope’s country doesn’t know what the Church does, doesn’t go to Mass
- Mar 12, 2020
ROSARIO, Argentina – As bishops from Pope Francis’s native Argentina figure out how to pay their own salaries instead of taking funds from the state, a new poll shows that while seven in ten Argentines declare themselves to be Catholic, six in ten don’t know what activities the Church is

By Inés San Martín
Chief Argentine prelate comes out swinging against abortion on UN women’s day
- Mar 8, 2020
At a Mass celebrated Sunday at Argentina’s largest Marian shrine, a day recognized by the UN as dedicated to women, the head of the national bishops’ conference said that in a country with 4,500 illegal settlements, it’s necessary to “discern priorities” and that abortion cannot be one of them.

By Inés San Martín
Argentina bishops step up in new fight over legalization of abortion
- Mar 8, 2020
The leadership of the Catholic Church in Pope Francis’s native Argentina is preparing to fight back against a press for legalized abortion with a seemingly more active role than in 2018, when the conservative president at the time opened a debate over decriminalization.

By Inés San Martín