Dirty War
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.
COMMENTARY: Honest questions about the Argentine pope
By Tom Ehrich — March 19, 2013
(RNS) The Catholic hierarchy calls it "defamation'' to raise questions about Pope Francis' role in Argentina's "Dirty War.'' But as any penitent knows, a desire to move forward must be accompanied by candor about the past.
Vatican defends Pope Francis’ actions during Argentina’s ‘Dirty War’
By Alessandro Speciale — March 15, 2013
VATICAN CITY (RNS) The Vatican swiftly rejected accusations that Pope Francis sided with the brutal Argentinian government in the 1970s when he was a Jesuit leader.
Pope Francis and the long shadow of Argentina’s “Dirty War”
By Lauren Markoe — March 14, 2013
WASHINGTON (RNS) Just as life in communist Poland propelled Pope John Paul II's crusade against the Soviets and coming of age in Nazi Germany shaped Pope Benedict XVI, Argentina's Dirty War posed deep, existential questions for the future Pope Francis.
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