Argentina Archives

Pope honors spiritual father on 50th anniversary as a priest

Dec 13, 2019

Pope Francis was to mark his 50th anniversary as a priest Friday by paying homage to his spiritual father, a fellow Argentine Jesuit whose teachings on popular piety and discernment have had an enormous influence on the papacy.

By Associated Press

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

Call me ‘Father’: Pope’s priestly vocation is his favorite gift

Dec 8, 2019

In Caravaggio’s painting of Matthew, the sinful tax collector being called by Jesus to “Follow me,” Pope Francis sees the same unexpected, grace-filled moment found in his own call to the priesthood.

By Carol Glatz

Argentine victim calls bishop’s apology for abuse a ‘mockery’

Nov 30, 2019

After hearing the recent apology of an Argentinian bishop who asked forgiveness of all those abused by priests and religious in the country, one victim said the plea was too little too late, and that instead of being a comfort, it was a source of anger.

By Elise Harris

Pope’s late teacher says his concept of ‘People’ just doesn’t work in English

Nov 29, 2019

Often translated into “the people of God,” the word pueblo in Spanish has a different meaning, one for which there is no direct equivalent in English.

By Inés San Martín

Argentine bishop appears at court hearing on abuse charges

Nov 28, 2019

An Argentine bishop close to Pope Francis appeared voluntarily for a court hearing Wednesday ahead of a trial on charges of sexual abuse of two former seminarians in one of several cases that have shaken the Church in the pontiff’s homeland.

By Almudena Calatrava