Word: avellaneda
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...that there were no ties whatsoever between the church and the new regime. "The church," he said, "does not seek privileges or political tasks. It demands only liberty in exercising its mission." A few days later, Bishop Jerónimo Podesta, 46, leader of Buenos Aires' diocese of Avellaneda (pop. 1,200,000), went on record in the Buenos Aires magazine Primera Plana. "The church," he noted, "wants to serve the modern world, and this does not mean to serve such and such a government. Identification with any political regime would be harmful to the church." Meantime, several priests...
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