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3 days ago · Archbishop said he was leaving office "with deep peace and total rectitude of conscience." Monday, May 27, 2024 ... Mestre was born in 1968 in Mar del Plata in the province of Buenos Aires. He was ...
May 19, 2024 · He still wears the plain silver cross he wore as the archbishop of Buenos Aires. Though it's not what Francis wears, but where he lives that set the tone for his papacy, 11 years ago.
1 day ago · The Diocese of Mar del Plata to the south of Buenos Aires has been in turmoil since Archbishop Mestre's departure in November 2023 with his two successors resigning their posts without being ...
2 days ago · On Nov. 21, 2023, Pope Francis named José María Baliña, an auxiliary in Buenos Aires, as the new bishop of Mar del Plata. However, Baliña resigned Dec. 13, less than a month later, due to what ...
3 days ago · The 65-year-old Baliña resigned just 22 days after Pope Francis — the first Argentine pope — named him head of the diocese serving around 774,000 Catholics. Baliña said in a Dec. 5 letter to Catholics in the Mar del Plata diocese that he had struggled following surgery for a retinal detachment and decided to resign “after further ...
2 days ago · Francis, a former archbishop of Buenos Aires who relishes being among his flock and cultivates an image of a down-to-earth leader, has a history of speaking bluntly.
4 days ago · As Archbishop, Bergoglio made the cathedral a center of social outreach and service, establishing programs to assist the homeless, immigrants, and victims of human trafficking. He also championed interfaith dialogue and worked tirelessly to bridge the gaps between the Catholic Church and other religious communities in Buenos Aires.
