Grumpy Cat: The New Pope
Introducing the new Nope.
Pope Francis, Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio of Argentina, elected new pope by conclave.
Questions remain
over Pope Francis’ role during Argentina’s dictatorship
Jorge Bergoglio was
head of the Jesuit order in the 1970s when the church backed military
government and called for patriotism. Despite the joyful
celebrations outside the Municipal Cathedral in Buenos Aires yesterday, the
news of Latin America’s first pope was clouded by lingering concerns about the
role of the church – and its new head – during Argentina’s brutal military
dictatorship. The Catholic church
and Pope Francis have been accused of a complicit silence and worse during the
“dirty war” of murders and abductions carried out by the junta that ruled
Argentina from 1976 to 1983. -More on Raw Story
Cardinal Jorge Mario
Bergoglio, a 76-year-old Argentinean, was chosen as the first Latin American
pope on Wednesday. He will lead the world's 1.2 billion Catholics as Pope
Francis. While his selection may be historic, it may also mean more of the same
when it comes to gay rights in the Catholic Church.
Pope Francis is a
conservative who is anti-gay marriage and anti-gay adoption. He has described
same-sex marriage as the work of the devil and a “destructive attack on God’s
plan.” He has also said that gay adoption is a form of discrimination against
children.
In 2010, Francis
championed against a bill for same-sex marriage and gay adoption, according to
the National Catholic Register.
“[T]he Argentine
people will face a situation whose outcome can seriously harm the family,"
he wrote to the four monasteries in Argentina. "At stake is the identity
and survival of the family: father, mother and children. At stake are the lives
of many children who will be discriminated against in advance, and deprived of
their human development given by a father and a mother and willed by God. At
stake is the total rejection of God’s law engraved in our hearts.” -More on Huffington Post
