VATICAN CITY
Digital Journal
By JohnThomas Didymus
Mar 16, 2013
The Vatican on Friday defended Pope Francis against allegations that he failed to oppose and even collaborated with Argentina’s military junta against left-wing activists during the so-called “Dirty War” of the country’s era of military dictatorship.
Digital Journal reports that one of the major allegations against Bergoglio was that he did not do enough to protect two activist priests from the military dictatorship that ruled Argentina from 1976 to 1983.
According to The Washington Post, Vatican spokesman Reverend Federico Lombardi reacted to press reports that implicated the former Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio who was Jesuit provincial superior and then archbishop of Buenos Aires. He said the accusations against Bergoglio were “stale” and part of the efforts of “anti-clerical left-wing elements to attack the church [that] must be decisively rejected.”
Although, the news of Cardinal Bergoglio’s election as Pope Francis was well received with many praising his modesty and commitment to uplifting the poor, questions were raised in the media about his alleged role in the era of military dictatorship during which thousands of citizens “disappeared.”
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