HE Pope Francisco returns to the center of a political conflict in your own country Appointment of Jorge García Cuerva as the new Archbishop of Buenos Aires Amid stumbling blocks and declared disasters, Argentina has done nothing but ignite another flame of controversy as it moves towards the October election. And he divides it into three: Peronism on the one hand, and the traditional right and the extreme right, according to polls, on the other. In this context, the appointment of a theologian and lawyer to carry out pastoral duties in Río Gallegos, Patagonia as well as the historic stronghold of the Kirchners provoked more than the annoyance of the conservative fan.
The new archbishop of Argentina’s main diocese is 55, and will replace Archbishop Cardinal Mario Poli, who left his post at the age of 75, in July. According to experts, his profile A strong fit with Francisco thinking The one who fulfilled the same apostolic responsibility in Buenos Aires during his time as Jorge Bergoglio.
García Cuerva was ordained as a priest in 1997. His first destination was La Cava, a small world of shanty towns located in the town of San Isidro, north of the capital. He lived there in a tin-roofed house. La Cava is barely separated by a wall from a neighborhood of luxury residences. On the one hand, streets without infrastructure. Few meters, consumption and space. In the middle, alarms and surveillance everywhere. “We are the same” was written on those long walls. The wall is a metaphor for the city. The social inequality that Argentina is going through and the new archbishop knows very well why he extended his mission to the more dangerous neighborhoods on the outskirts of Buenos Aires and the prisons of this country’s main province.
Arnulfo Romero fan
There is a picture of San Óscar Arnulfo Romero in his WhatsApp profile photo. According to local media, the stamp on his personal cell phone reads “Bishop and martyr.” This affinity is not currently the source of political discomfort: García Cuerva also Proximity to some references of Peronism, among them Economy Minister and potential presidential candidate in October, Sergio Massa. As soon as his appointment became known, a laudatory sermon of the late Juan Domingo Perón began to spread on social networks. These words only served to irritate the more oppositional sections of Catholicism.
Former military chaplain Rodrigo Vázquez described García Cuerva as: “Peronist”, “Kirchnerista”, “Francisquista” and also “gay”. After baptizing the twin children of a famous transvestite comedian, Florencia de la V, she attributed to the new archbishop her goal of supporting “terrorism”, the LGTBIQ movement and “all this nonsense”. May the Lord accompany us in His grace”. Vázquez had to apologize, but his outburst was interpreted as an indication of another kind of unease. The newspaper ‘La Nación’ considered “Discontent extends to the figure of the Pope”. According to the publication, García Cuerva’s arrival at the archdiocese, As of December 10, it is interpreted as an attempt by a possible right-wing government to “prepare a critical religious leadership”.
Francis’ role
The name of the archbishop has once again inflamed the debate around the Pope. Bergoglio has not been to Argentina since he was anointed pope in 2013.. During his years as Archbishop he had strong friction with the Kirchners. “They wanted to cut my head off,” recalled the days when it had just been linked to the kidnapping of two Jesuit priests (1976-83) under dictatorship in Hungary. But since her arrival at the Vatican, she has spoken more fluently with Cristina Fernández de Kirchner than her 2015 successor, the right-wing Mauricio Macri.
On the 10th anniversary of his papacy, Francisco performed a temporary miracle: the leaders of the ruling party and the opposition greeted him with a letter backed by the Government. I would like to express my special thanks to all those who belong to the political parties and social references of my country who came together to sign a letter of congratulations.” Pope a former expert on bitter debates in his country. Commenting on the letter signed by President Alberto Fernández, the President said, “It comes to say to them: How nice it is that they come together to talk, discuss and move the country forward, just as they came together to sign this letter.” , Vice President Cristina Kirchner and the capital’s mayor, Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, are front-runners of the right in the October elections. Reactions to García Cuerva’s arrival as archdiocese only put an end to Bergoglio’s wishes, who would return to his country in the distant 2024.