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Pope Francis is known for his humility, his reluctance to talk about himself. The self-effacement, admirers say, is why he has hardly ever denied one of the harshest allegations against him: That he was among church leaders who actively supported Argentina's murderous dictatorship. |
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The programmes in yellow and gold are already printed but the star guest for this year’s Palm Sunday celebration at the San Jose Basilica in Flores, Buenos Aires, will be sending his regrets. Jorge Mario Bergoglio, 76, has been unexpectedly detained in Rome. It’s inconvenient, of course, but everyone here will muddle through. |
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What time is it on? What time will it finish? And are we allowed to go to bed before it does end, please? |
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Horacio Verbitsky, a leftist author and militant who has written extensively on the Dirty War, claims that he has found "five new witnesses who confirm Bergoglio's role in the military government's crackdown." Verbitsky maintains that the church actively collaborated with the regime and was even complicit in the disappearance of dissident priests. |
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What time is it on? What time will it finish? And are we allowed to go to bed before it does end, please? |
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The United Nations special rapporteur for human rights in Iran, Ahmed Shaheed, says his work has had a positive impact on the rights situation in the Islamic republic. |
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The conclave of cardinals has chosen Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina to be the next pope. |
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Rep. Raul Labrador, R-Idaho, sounded a downright pessimistic note on the prospects of comprehensive immigration reform during a panel on the subject at the 2013 Conservative Political Action Conference. |
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Jorge Mario Bergoglio failed to openly confront the 1976-1983 military junta while it was kidnapping and killing thousands. |
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POPE Francis I opened his first morning as Pontiff by making a surprise visit to a church in the main Basilica this morning without his security. |