The People Bring Pope Francis' Legacy to Life in Argentina

The People Bring Pope Francis' Legacy to Life in Argentina

The legacy of Francis, the Pope of the Poor, continues to inspire positive change and inclusivity across the globe. His teachings serve as a beacon of light in the pursuit of a more compassionate and equitable world. It is Saturday, and lingering puddles from the previous night’s rain reflect the early morning sun as people begin to gather near the Virgen del Rosario Chapel. This vibrant scene is unfolding in the Güemes sector of the Padre Mugic…

It is Saturday, and the puddles of water still remain after the rain of the night before. Next to the Chapel Virgen del Rosario, people begin to approach. It is the Guemes sector, one of the nine localities that form the Barrio Padre Mugica. So far Jorge Bergoglio arrived being Archbishop, the highest authority of the Catholic Church Argentina, after getting off from a collective, with his inseparable black maletin, and he walked ten blocks of m…

The president of the Argentine Episcopal Conference presided over a Mass in Rome "thanksgiving to God" for Pope Francis and adopted some of the late pontiff's proposals. He urged people not to get used to grief. He encouraged people to "make a mess," as Francis had urged. The president of the Argentine Episcopal Conference presided over a Mass in Rome "thanksgiving to God" for Pope Francis and adopted some of the late pontiff's proposals. He urg…

Buenos Aires — The death of Pope Francis brings to an end a papacy marked by firm statements on global geopolitics, the embrace of minorities not always welcomed by the Church, the inclusion of climate change on the Vatican’s agenda, the denunciation of the “globalization of indifference” in the face of the migration crisis, simplicity, outreach to young people and frequent condemnations of war. It also brings to light central issues: Jorge Mari…

By Federico Chechele Of all the images that left us the more than 250,000 people who fired Pope Francis in the Basilica of St. Peter, stands out that of the nun Genevieve Jeannenros, niece of Léonie Duquet, one of the French nuns kidnapped in the last Argentine dictatorship, who passed over the protocol of the Vatican and stood looking in tears at the body of his friend. In 1977 the genocidal Alfredo Astiz infiltrated the church Santa Cruz de l…