Argentina
Women in Argentina claim labor exploitation by Opus Dei
By DÉbora Rey — November 12, 2021
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Lucía Giménez still suffers pain in her knees from the years she spent scrubbing floors in the men’s bathroom at the Opus Dei residence in Argentina’s capital for hours without pay. Giménez, now 56, joined the conservative Catholic group in her native Paraguay at the age of 14 with the […]
Bill legalizing abortion passed in pope’s native Argentina
By Almudena Calatrava and Débora Rey — December 30, 2020
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina is the largest Latin American country to legalize abortion and the vote was being closely watched.
Six things you need to know about Pope Francis and gay civil unions
By Thomas Reese — October 23, 2020
(RNS) — Pope Francis' comments about civil unions for same-sex partners in a new documentary have caused a stir. How to understand his positions.
Pope Francis encourages nun helping trans community in Argentina
By Claire Giangravé — August 25, 2020
(RNS) — The home, called The Coast of Limay, has been described as the first permanent residence in the world dedicated to vulnerable transsexual people.
Pope Francis in the jungle
By Mark Silk — March 4, 2020
(RNS) — When it comes to the Amazon, he's got a plan for dealing with capitalism, but not for addressing the priest shortage.
Ex-deputy to Argentine bishop says Vatican knew of misdeeds
By Almudena Calatrava — January 21, 2019
ORAN, Argentina (AP) — The scandal is the latest to implicate Pope Francis as he and the Catholic hierarchy as a whole face an unprecedented crisis of confidence over their mishandling of cases of clergy sexual abuse of minors and misconduct with adults.
Argentine Senate rejects legalizing elective abortion
By Yonat Shimron — August 9, 2018
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — The issue pitted the Catholic Church against feminist groups, physicians against physicians.
Ahead of abortion bill vote, Argentina’s Catholic Church moderates its tone
By Veronica Gimenez Beliveau — August 8, 2018
(The Conversation) — The Catholic Church’s response in the face of a groundswell of support from Argentine women seems to be a model for how it is responding to social issues worldwide.
Clerical sex abuse disclosures skyrocket in pope’s Argentina
By Yonat Shimron — October 27, 2017
CASEROS, Argentina (AP) — While Pope Francis struggles to make good on his 'zero tolerance' pledge to fight clerical sex abuse worldwide, victims in his native Argentina are denouncing abuses in unprecedented numbers.
Saint day draws massive rally over poverty in Buenos Aires
By Fernando Poggi — August 8, 2017
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (RNS) — Hundreds of thousands of people marched during this year’s procession, many protesting the country’s endemic poverty, and demanded President Mauricio Macri declare a food emergency and increase government assistance for the poor.
Unlike previous popes, Francis is in no rush to visit his homeland
By Veronica Engler — March 8, 2017
TIGRE, Argentina (RNS) As the first Argentine pontiff approaches the fourth anniversary of his papacy, he still hasn't come back to visit his country of birth. Many of his compatriots appreciate that.
Soccer legend Maradona credits Pope Francis for renewing his faith
By Josephine McKenna — October 11, 2016
ROME (RNS) The Argentine soccer legend is in Rome to play in an all-star match to benefit a charity set up by his countryman, who is now the pontiff.
Church confirms Argentine apparitions as ‘supernatural’
By guest — August 15, 2016
SAN NICOLAS DE LOS ARROYOS, Argentina (RNS) Once a month, thousands of devout Catholics descend on this city, where an uneducated resident said she began seeing visions of the Virgin Mary on Sept. 25, 1983.
Argentina’s ‘Dirty War’ survivors deserve access to Vatican archives (COMMENTARY)
By Gustavo Morello — March 29, 2016
(RNS) Listening to the victims of the military dictatorship is the real unfinished business of the Catholic Church.
Argentine investigator: Alberto Nisman’s death points to murder
By Reuters — February 25, 2016
BUENOS AIRES — Nisman was found dead, days after accusing then-President Cristina Fernandez of covering up Iran's alleged role in the1994 truck bombing of a Jewish center.
