Argentina

Nearly 10 percent of town quarantined after Argentine priest ignores safety protocols
- Sep 18, 2020
A Catholic priest is being investigated by civil authorities in Argentina for allegedly telling the faithful attending a Mass to remove their facemasks, which are legally required as part of the efforts to stop the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus.

By Inés San Martín
Pope’s words on peaceful protests have special significance in Latin America
- Sep 15, 2020
On Sunday, Pope Francis urged for leaders to respect – and listen – to the demands of protesters around the globe.

By Inés San Martín
Argentine archbishop laments ‘double standard’ as numbers allowed at Mass reduced
- Sep 5, 2020
Argentina’s Church is facing continuing restrictions on Mass as the country reaches the top of its curve during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.

By Inés San Martín

Argentine ‘slum priest’ and COVID victim hailed as ‘martyr for the poor’
- Aug 31, 2020
Father Basilicio “Bachi” Britez, 52 at the time of his death, had suffered from kidney problems, hypertension and diabetes, so when the COVID-19 pandemic began to surge in Argentina, he was advised to leave the shantytown where he lived. Britez refused, insisting he couldn’t abandon the people he’d been entrusted to protect in La Matanza, one of the poor areas that make up Buenos Aires’ industrial belts.

By Inés San Martín
Buenos Aires priests struggle to fill spiritual void with no public Mass
- Aug 27, 2020
One of the many places where Mass is still not available due to the restrictions of the COVID-19 pandemic is Pope Francis’s former archdiocese of Buenos Aires.

By Inés San Martín
Pope praises priest who pioneered Argentine form of liberation theology
- Aug 24, 2020
Father Julian Zini was a member of the “Movement of Priests for the Third World,” founded after the Second Vatican Council. Between 1967 and 1976 the movement worked as an Argentine version of Liberation Theology, with ties to leftwing Peronism but with less affinity for Marxism.

By Inés San Martín