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Volatile political climate keeping Pope from visit to Argentine homeland?

March 09, 2023

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CWN Editor's Note: As Pope Francis nears the 10th anniversary of his election, Catholics in his homeland of Argentina are anxious for a papal visit. But Church officials suggest that the political climate of the country does not favor a papal visit.

Guillermo Marco, who was a spokesman for then-Cardinal Bergoglio when he was Archbishop of Buenos Aires, said: “He knows if he comes here they will tear him to pieces.”

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