Tag: Pope Francis

• Wednesday, March 20th 2013 - 08:40 UTC

  Before his coronation mass Francis talked to the Catholics gathered in Plaza de Mayo

  

  As thousands of Argentine Catholics were congregated at Plaza de Mayo in front of the Metropolitan Cathedral, where huge screens and Vatican and Argentine flags were set up for people to joyfully celebrate the beginning of Francis’ papacy, the Pontiff surprised the masses with an unexpected phone call.

• Wednesday, March 20th 2013 - 08:35 UTC

  Francis first beatification could be a Franciscan friar killed by Argentine military

  

  A Franciscan friar tortured and killed by Argentina’s last civil-military dictatorship, could become the first religious leader to be beatified by Pope Francis according to a piece in the Italian newspaper La Stampa.

• Wednesday, March 20th 2013 - 07:23 UTC

  Falklands: OAS sceptical about possible mediation from the Pope: he’s Argentine

  

  The Organization of American States Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza is sceptical about a possible mediation from Pope Francis between Argentina and the UK over the Falklands/Malvinas sovereignty dispute as was requested by President Cristina Fernandez.

• Tuesday, March 19th 2013 - 02:27 UTC

  Falklands: UK recalls that Vatican policy is they have no role to play in the dispute

  

  The United Kingdom played down the request made by Argentine President Cristina Fernández to Pope Francis to intervene in the Falklands/Malvinas Islands sovereignty dispute and recalled the recent referendum with an overwhelming support from Islanders to remain a British overseas territory.

• Monday, March 18th 2013 - 18:49 UTC

  Falklands’ dispute: ‘the Vatican is no arbitrage tribunal for international affairs’

  

  The Pope has no reason to intervene in the Falklands/Malvinas dispute, since the Vatican is not an international tribunal and there is no imminence of a war, according to Rodolfo Terragno an Argentine lawyer and former head of cabinet, minister and congressman.

• Monday, March 18th 2013 - 18:01 UTC

  Falklands’ dispute: Cristina Fernandez asks the Pope for this ‘holy intervention’

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernández revealed she asked Pope Francis for his “holy intervention” regarding the Falklands/Malvinas case, during the meeting held Monday in the Vatican which was followed by lunch.

• Monday, March 18th 2013 - 08:33 UTC

  Pope Francis meets Cristina Fernandez; 150 world leaders expected for Tuesday’s ceremony

  

  The Vatican Press Office has announced that Pope Francis will meet Argentine President Cristina Fernández on Monday at 8.50 AM Buenos Aires time. It will be the first official meeting the pontiff holds with a head of state.

• Saturday, March 16th 2013 - 03:43 UTC

  Falklands: PM Cameron anticipates Argentina’s intention of having Francis involved in the dispute

  

  British Prime Minister David Cameron stated on Friday that Pope Francis had been wrong to say last year that Britain had “usurped” the Falkland Islands from Argentina, saying he respectfully disagreed with the new Pontiff. His words have been interpreted as a message anticipating the Argentine government’s possible attempts to get the new pope involved in the dispute.

• Friday, March 15th 2013 - 07:03 UTC

  Francis calls on the Church to keep to its roots or it could become “a passionate NGO”

  

  In his first public Mass, Pope Francis urged the Catholic Church on Thursday to stick to its roots and shun modern temptations, warning that it would become just “a compassionate NGO” if it forgot its true mission.