Pope blasts “radical individualism” as he meets with Argentines ahead of big canonization
Rome, Italy AP Pope Francis on Friday blasted the “radical individualism” that he said was infecting society today, as he greeted Argentine pilgrims who are in town for this weekend’s canonization of the first female saint from his home country. Instead, Francis held up as a model the 18th century Argentine laywoman lovingly known as […]
First Argentine saint brings Pope Francis and Milei together
Vatican City RNS Pope Francis will canonise a native of Argentina at a Mass in St Peter’s Basilica on Sunday, and the next day he will meet with the country’s recently elected right-wing president, Javier Milei, a sometime critic of the Pope. Blessed María Antonia de Paz y Figueroa, known for being a strong-willed woman […]
Argentine unions raise challenge to Milei with major strike, protest
Buenos Aires, Argentina Reuters Argentina’s largest union started a 12-hour strike on Wednesday with tens of thousands of workers demonstrating in the heart of Buenos Aires against tough economic austerity measures and reforms by new libertarian President Javier Milei. The action, hitting sectors from transport to banks, is the biggest show of opposition to Milei’s […]
Argentina’s Milei, in change of tone, invites Pope Francis to visit homeland
Reuters Argentine President Javier Milei has invited Pope Francis to visit his home country, appearing to extend an olive branch after attacking the Catholic leader in recent years and in a bid to shore up support for reforms the libertarian has proposed to Congress. Milei had called the Pope everything from an “imbecile” to the […]
First protests in Argentina as groups react to Milei austerity plan
Buenos Aires, ArgentinaReuters Thousands of people took to the streets of Buenos Aires on Wednesday to protest against the government’s economic shock measures, in the first real test for Argentina’s new libertarian president, Javier Milei. Milei, who took office earlier this month on a promise to slash public spending, has announced sweeping plans to reform […]
StrangeSights: Pardoned piglets; an unexpected presidential stop; and, Germany in ‘crisis mode’…
DAVID ADAMS provides a round-up of some stories on the odder side of life…
Argentine President Milei warns economic shock unavoidable in maiden speech
Buenos Aires, ArgentinaReuters Argentina libertarian economist Javier Milei took office on Sunday warning in his maiden speech that he had no alternative to a sharp, painful fiscal shock to fix the country’s worst economic crisis in decades, with inflation heading towards 200 per cent. “There is no alternative to a shock adjustment,” he said on […]
Religion and politics: Argentina’s new President takes spiritual pilgrimage toward radical political change
The country’s President-elect talks of converting to Judaism as he awaits his inauguration. But political observers say the country’s economic crisis will soon make him too busy to dally with religious questions, personal or public. EDUARDO CAMPOS LIMA, reporting for Religion News Service, reports…
Essay: Look to the mainstream to explain the rise of the far right
University of Bath politics lecturer AURELIEN MONDON, in an article first published on The Conversation, argues that the processes of mainstreaming and normalisation of far-right politics have much to do with the mainstream itself…
Essay: The election of Javier Milei and the challenges of an impoverished Argentina
MATHEUS DE OLIVEIRA PEREIRA looks – in an article first published on The Conversation – at the rise of Javier Milei and what it means for Argentina going forward…