The Argentine church received a message with the call Pope Francis made to Javier Milei: ”Lay off this guy” and “contribute to social peace.”

In an exclusive interview with Gerard O’Connell, Cardinal Pedro Barreto rejoiced when the Synod on Synodality recognized the Ecclesial Conference of the Amazon as “an example of synodality.”

Argentina's leader presidential candidate Javier Milei, a self-described anarcho-capitalist, has derided Pope Francis as “a malignant presence on earth,” denounced him as a “filthy leftist” and charged that the pope had “an affinity for murderous communists.”

Bishop Rolando Álvarez was not among the names of the priests listed. Álvarez was convicted of conspiracy and sentenced in February to 26 years in prison.

Yesterday, the participants in the Synod on Synodality made a pilgrimage through the St. Sebastian catacombs, the burial place of at least three early Christian martyrs.

James Carney pledged his life to the cause of destitute campesinos in Honduras, living and working among them as a parish priest and organizing campesino cooperatives to fight for land reform and human rights.