Pope Francis the Politician

It seems clear that Pope Francis I, an Argentine, will try to assert political influence in Latin America, rather in the manner that Pope John Paul II used his authority in his native Poland and Central Europe in the decade leading up to the fall of communism. But first he must reestablish the Catholic Church’s moral authority.

BUENOS AIRES – Jorge Mario Bergoglio – not an Italian, not a European, but a Latin American from Argentina – has now been chosen as the supreme pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church. What, if anything, can Latin America expect from Pope Francis I?

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