15/03/2013 | Argentina

Domínguez: 'Let the Pope pray for Malvinas'

Lower House head Julián Domínguez has called to pray to God for the Pope to be “an instrument” that helps build dialogue channels with the UK over the sovereignty of the Malvinas Islands.

19/03/2013 | Argentina

CFK, first head of state to salute Pope Francis

President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner was the first head of state to salute Pope Francis after the inauguration mass.

20/03/2013 | Argentina

'Bergoglio didn't give us up,' Jalics

Francisco Jalics, one of the two Jesuit priests kidnapped during the last military dictatorship came forward to assure that Pope Francis never gave him up to the junta authorities.

14/03/2013 | Argentina

Against liberalism, critic of the IMF and foreign debt

By Carlos Burgueño
Harsh critic of free-market liberalism, the IMF and adjustment policies, and defender of the debt restructuring processes, Jorge Bergoglio, now Pope Francis, never refused to define where he stands when it comes down to economics, even in the most difficult moments.

14/03/2013 | Argentina

What’s all this about a ‘Peronist pontiff?’

By Francisco Aldaya
The newly-elected Argentine Pope Francis was defined in several national media outlets as a subscriber to the Peronist movement and a friend of the trade union movement, which begs the question of what that actually implies.

15/03/2013 | Argentina

Carlotto: 'Bergoglio has time to think over and make a 'mea culpa''

The head of the Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo Estela de Carlotto today gave a “vote of confidence” to former cardinal Jorge Bergoglio in his “new mission” as Pope but warned that he should make a “mea culpa” if he committed “a crime or a mistake” during Argentina’s military dictatorship.

09/06/2012 | Argentina

Cardinal Bergoglio bashes bill to legalize drugs for personal consumption

Archbishop of Buenos Aires Jorge Mario Bergoglio criticized yesterday the bill that aims to legalize drugs for personal consumption, which is sponsored by the ruling Victory Front and backed by the Radical Civic Union and the Broad Progressive Front.

13/03/2013 | Argentina

Election astounds country

By Santiago Del Carril.- Argentines were in complete disbelief after the Vatican announced the election of the first ever Latin American pope, the Argentine Jesuit Jorge Mario Bergoglio. Church bells immediately began to throng throughout the whole country.

14/03/2013 | Argentina

‘Bergoglio had no links with the dictatorship,’ Peace Nobel Prize winner

Peace Nobel Prize winner Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, assured today that elected pope Jorge Bergoglio "had no links with the dictatorship” that ruled Argentina between the years 1976-1983 as he’s been accused for many years.

23/08/2011 | Argentina

Church warns over 'consequences' of abortion's legalization

The Argentine Episcopal Conference (CEA) affirmed that if the Congress approves the law that legalizes abortion, it will generate “judicial, cultural and ethical consequences.”

07/11/2011 | Argentina

Church to vote on Bergoglio´s successor

Over a hundred bishops will gather today until Saturday to find a new head for the Argentine Episcopal Congregation (CEA), who will replace Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio who has presided the congregation for over six years.

08/11/2011 | Argentina

Arancedo to be Bergoglio's successor

Santa Fe’s Archbishop, Monsignor José María Arancedo, has been elected by his counterparts as the new head of the Argentine Episcopal Conference (CEA) for the next three years. He will replace Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio who has presided the congregation for over six years.

15/03/2013 | World

Official translation of Pope Francis' first homily

Pope Francis delivered his first homily last night in the Sistine Chapel, indicating the path he wanted the Catholic Church to take. Here is the Vatican's official translation of the homily, released today.

15/03/2013 | World

Vatican denies Pope Francis stayed silent during dictatorship

The Vatican today strongly denied accusations by some critics in Argentina that Pope Francis stayed silent during systematic human rights abuses by the former military dictatorship. Vatican spokesman Father Federico Lombardi told reporters the accusations "must be clearly and firmly denied." He added, "They reveal anti-clerical left-wing elements that are used to attack the Church."

15/03/2013 | World

Priest kidnapped by Argentina military 'in peace' with Francis

Hungarian Jesuit priest Franz Jalics was kidnapped by Argentina´s 1976-1983 dictatorship when Jorge Mario Bergoglio was the head of the Jesuit order in Buenos Aires. Jalics lives in Germany since 1978 and says he is “in peace” with the newly elected pontiff.

14/03/2013 | World

African, Asian Catholics see Pope Francis as force for renewal

Catholics in Africa and Asia today greeted the election of Pope Francis from Argentina as a historic breakthrough that would pump the developing world's vital energy into a struggling Church and amplify the voice of the planet's poor.

14/03/2013 | World

With Francis, 'we'll have to get used to a new way of doing things'

The Vatican, an age-old institution used to having almost everything done by the book, is bracing for the unscripted papacy. In less than 24 hours after he became the first non-European pope in some 1,300 years, Francis seemed to break more rules than his predecessor did in eight years.

15/03/2013 | World

Pope to cardinals: 'Let us never give in to the pessimism'

Pope Francis today urged leaders of the Roman Catholic Church never to give in to discouragement and bitterness but to keep their eyes on their true mission.

13/03/2013 | World

Pope Francis welcome in Malvinas, says priest

By Andrew Hughes. - The head of the Catholic Church in the Malvinas Islands, Monsignor Michael McMarcam, told the Herald that he was delighted by the news of Pope Francis’ election.

14/03/2013 | World

NY cardinal offers glimpse of new pope

Shortly after his election, Pope Francis shunned the papal limousine and rode on the last shuttle bus with other cardinals to go back to a residence inside the Vatican for a meal.

14/03/2013 | World

For electing him, Pope Francis tells cardinals: 'May God forgive you'

"May God forgive you," Bergoglio said to the cardinals at a dinner, raising loud laughter, according to the Vatican’s Spoeksman, Federico Lombardi.

13/03/2013 | World

Faithful celebrate in St Peter's Square

13/03/2013 | World

Bergoglio delivers first blessing

Pope Francis, the former Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio of Argetnina, delivered his first blessing to a huge crowd in St Peter's Square on Wednesday night, asking for the prayers of "all men and women of good will" to help him lead the Catholic Church.

13/03/2013 | World

World leaders congratulate new Pope

Leaders across the world celebrated the election of Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio as the new Pope, considering it a "historical moment" and a fact that makes the "Church more universal than ever."

13/03/2013 | Latin America

Latin America’s pontiff

By Carolina Barros.- The first Jesuit, Latin American and Argentine pope ever. Sounds like another case of “God is also Argentine,” that popular saying which offers so much consolation and hope in bleak times — not to mention “the hand of God.”

14/03/2013 | Argentina

Election astounds country

By Santiago del Carril - Argentines were in complete disbelief yesterday after the Vatican announced the election of the first ever Latin American pope, the Argentine Jesuit Jorge Mario Bergoglio. Church bells immediately began to throng throughout the whole country.