ARGENTINA
National Catholic Reporter

by John L. Allen Jr. | Apr. 12, 2013 All Things Catholic

I spent early April in Buenos Aires, where I tried to learn more about Pope Francis from those who know him best as Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio. The idea was to gain insight into the man and his vision of the church, and I published some of what I found along the way.

However, I also had to look into some hard questions about the new pope’s record in Argentina. They include:
• Bergoglio’s response to two priests accused of sexual abuse, where critics have suggested he dropped the ball;
• why Argentina’s conference of Catholic bishops did not finish a set of sex abuse guidelines while he served as president;
• his relationship with Argentina’s military dictatorship as a Jesuit provincial during the 1970s;
• Bergoglio’s attitude toward…