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Priests protest Argentina government’s funding cuts for city slums

Argentine President Javier Milei leaves the Holocaust museum after attending an event marking the International Day in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Jan. 26, ...
Digital Journal

Argentina ‘slum priests’ take pope’s message to the poor

Argentina's "slum priests," who have been taking the church's teachings to the poor since the 1960s, were energized by Francis's exhortation to Catholic youth in 2013 ...
Washington Examiner

Argentina cricket program targets slum poverty

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Children living in a slum in Argentina’s capital are playing cricket as part of an initiative to help them escape poverty and crime. Villa 21-24 in Buenos Aires is ...
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Pope’s pick in Argentina delights slum priests, alarms conservatives

SÃO PAULO – Appointed as the new Archbishop of Buenos Aires by Pope Francis on May 26, Jorge García Cuerva has a vast experience with the poor in Argentina. For years, García Cuerva worked with ...
Reuters

Argentina's urban slums give first lady vote lead

CIUDAD EVITA, Argentina (Reuters) - Life has improved in the sprawling suburbs and dirt-poor slums that circle Argentina's capital, and that could be enough to propel first lady Cristina ...