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Pope’s fandom of Argentina soccer club fuels superstition that membership number foretold his death
Pope Francis, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, attended San Lorenzo matches as a child with his Italian immigrant father and ...
Why did Pope Francis not return home to Argentina during his papacy?
Although he never visited Argentina, Francis returned to South America when he visited Brazil in the first months of his ...
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Buenos Aires farewells native pontiff with tears and calls to action
With songs, candles, tears and prayers, Buenos Aires mourners marked the burial of pontiff and native son Pope Francis ...
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Argentina Mourns Pope Francis: A Legacy of Unity and Compassion
Argentina held a massive farewell for Pope Francis, celebrating his legacy as the first Latin American pope. Thousands ...
The Pope's legacy in his homeland of Argentina
Argentina celebrated Francis' becoming Pope with an ecstasy otherwise reserved for the country's three World Cup soccer championships. But that initial excitement over the former archbishop of Buenos ...
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The world reacted to the pope’s death — in Argentina, it felt like losing a friend
Though Pope Francis never returned to Argentina after becoming the head of the Roman Catholic Church, mourners in his ...
In Argentina, debates over Pope Francis' legacy lead to one question: Why didn’t he return?
Jorge Mario Bergoglio, born in Buenos Aires, never set foot in his homeland after becoming Pope Francis in 2013. The question ...
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This Argentine sister thinks she knows why Francis never returned to Argentina
Maria Bambina Sr. Susana Vanni says Argentina's divisions, then Pope Francis' health, likely tilted against the longed-for ...
How Pope Francis’ early life in Argentina shines light on his time in the Vatican
Oscar Crespo was watching TV in his native Buenos Aires when he saw the white smoke appearing above the Sistine Chapel at the ...
What does it mean that President Milei ended Argentina’s strict controls on currency and capital?
President Javier Milei has promised Argentinians that an economic revival would follow the pain of harsh austerity.
Argentina's surprise peso strength tempers fears of inflation comeback
Argentina's peso is gaining ground despite being unleashed from years-long currency controls designed to stop it falling, ...