Pictures and newspaper clips of 'desaparecidos' (victims of forced disappearance) in a former illegal detention center in Rosario, Argentina.
(Pablo D. Flores/Wikimedia Commons)
Pope Francis, formerly known as Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio, joins the Vatican from Argentina, where the Catholic Church has a troubled history.
In 1976, a military junta seized control of the Argentine government, in the beginning of what became known as the Dirty War, in which thousands of people disappeared.
The Catholic Church, including then-Priest Jorge Bergolio, may have been complicit in the crimes perpetrated by the military regime. John Dinges, professor of journalism at Columbia University and author of "The Condor Years: How Pinochet and his Allies Brought Terrorism to Three Continents," explores the history of Argentina's Dirty War and the role of the Catholic Church.
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I would sure be interested in the Pope Francis history in the dirty war.
The main question was at the end of the interview:
"Do you know if the pope, then cardinal, negotiated behind the scenes with the Junta for these people?"
"No, we don't know."
Well, then why do you accuse him?
(And the view of Pope Pius XII above is not historical, but a slander from the play 'The deputy'.)
Pope Francis deserves no break. At the very least like Pius XII, at the very least he was silent in the face of tremendous evil. The Takeaway deserves much credit for tackling this right off the bat.
Well, if Jesuits start disappearing again, the Pope will need to be brought in for questioning. Until then, let's give the new guy a break.
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