Carlotto buries hatchet at the Vatican

ARGENTINA
Buenos Aires Herald

By Luciana Bertoia
Herald Staff

Grandmothers president says organization was wrong to question role during dictatorship

The years of mistrust between the Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo and Jorge Bergoglio — now Pope Francis — seem to be a thing of the past now.

On a visit to the Vatican alongside her recently-recovered grandson, Grandmothers leader Estela Barnes de Carlotto said that “Francis’ tenure in the Vatican has proven that reports against him for his role during the dictatorship were mistaken.”

The head of the association founded in 1977 also seemed to want to bury the hatchet: “ We rectify ourselves.”

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