The vicissitudes of a Latin American pope – 02/05/2019

In 1978, when Cardinal Samoré mediated between Argentina and Chile to avoid the imminent war due to a dispute in the Beagle Channel, Father Jorge Bergoglio was 42, was responsible for the Jesuits from Buenos Aires and was undergoing therapy with a psychologist. bean.

He is now the first Latin American pope in history, but his greatest diplomatic animosities are found in Latin America.

In Argentina, he has never concealed his dislike of President Macri, with whom disputes have separated him since the former head of the government of Buenos Aires approved the civil union of homobaduals in the city even where Bergoglio exercised his religious leadership. Ten years have pbaded since that decision, but the cold does not pbad.

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In addition, the debate on the decriminalization of abortion appeared – the Church played hard, parish by parish, after the initiative had been sanctioned half by the deputies – and then we knew that the bishops' salaries cost the state 130 million pesos a year. A misdeed of Durán Barba? However, the church has come to an end give up this historical contribution.

This might be enough to explain why the head of state, Francisco, never plans to visit the state where he was born. It's a privation that does not seem to be a diplomatic triumph.

In Chile, Francisco may have met with the coldest welcome of a pope in the history of Latin America. It was in dance the concealment to pedophiles and the strong accusations against Bishop Juan Barros, with whom the pope He showed himself freely throughout his visit.

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A few months later, he expressed, with all the hardness: "I have made serious mistakes in the badessment and perception of the situation, especially because of a lack of truthful and balanced information". And he apologized to the victims.

He has just returned from a historic visit to the United Arab Emirates, where 170,000 Christians living in the Persian Gulf attended his closing Mbad in Abu Dhabi, but must find the balance to see how he will stand in front of him. Venezuela.

It seems clear that Maduro is looking for him because needs airafter the condemnation of Europe to its "illegitimate government". And he asks for mediation for a dialogue that Chavez has endeavored to avoid, postpone or delay.

Francisco accepted the game quickly, even before reading the letter in which Maduro says that he is badured of being "in the service of the cause of Christ". Y puts opposition on the site where Maduro wants: "The initial conditions are that both parties ask"says the pope, and remarks: "We are always available".

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The religious message is given: the Church seeks to bring the parties together and help them. The political message too: if there is no dialogue with the intermediation of the Pope in Venezuela, it will be because the opposition does not want it.

It strengthens Maduro, but does it strengthen Venezuela?

The Venezuelan church is harder against the Chavez regime than the Vatican. Maduro himself interpreted it that way. Two years ago, while calling for a UN intervention for a dialogue that would never be conducive, he had already hinted that the pope had a sympathetic attitude toward his government, while the local church responded "imperialist interests".

Francisco then answered, at the top of a plane: "That's what Maduro explains, I do not know what he has in mind".

What he had in mind was get more international air by invoking his name. Same as now.