Word: argentinas
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...many Argentines in the hours before the Pope's arrival. The patriotic euphoria of the early weeks of the war was all but submerged in a vast national outpouring of piety and sheer excitement over the Pope's visit, the first ever made by a Pontiff to Argentina...
Just the night before the Pope landed, while his jet was already well into its 16-hour flight from Rome to Argentina, crowds were still celebrating Malvinas Day. But the mood was already shifting from fatherland to Holy Father: a bent old lady fingered her Rosary at Our Lady of Mercy Church in the downtown district of Retire, praying both for the safety of her grandson in Port Stanley and for the Pontiffs safe arrival...
Perhaps the frankest moment of the Pope's visit came during his sermon at Luján, when John Paul declared that he had come to Argentina "as the pilgrim of difficult moments." It was an apt phrase, well-earned during his. trip to Britain and doubly so in Argentina. There was no time-and no maneuvering room-for the diplomatic niceties that helped to give his British trip a less political flavor. While he could and did avoid a visit with Prime Minister Thatcher, who serves as head of government only, he could not make the same distinction...
Ironically, the Pope had avoided coming to Argentina earlier, precisely because of a political dispute: the conflicting claims of Argentina and Chile to the Beagle Channel islands and the adjoining strait in the archipelago of Tierra del Fuego. That argument had threatened to erupt into war between the two countries until the claimants agreed to accept papal mediation. According to unofficial reports, the suggested terms of settlement award three islands to Chile and put the surrounding waters under shared sovereignty. Chile has declared itself ready to accept the solution. Argentina has not. Until the Falklands crisis forced a visit...
...even openly supported the military regime, and a younger group of prelates-perhaps as many as 20 of the country's 80 bishops-who are growing impatient for social change and a swift return to democracy. Archbishop Jaime Francisco de Nevares of Neuquen, in a poor region of Argentina along the Chilean border, is among the most vocal of the new activists. "We have a reputation for being moderate," he says acidly, charging that "Argentine bishops have not spoken out strongly enough against injustice" in the country. "Had we taken a stronger stand, much suffering could have been avoided...