Argentina has a saint, a pope and a… president.
If President Javier Milei is expected with curiosity at the Vatican this Sunday morning for the first canonization of an Argentine woman, Mama Antula, Pope Francis who will preside over the ceremony, is just as expected in his native country at the end of 2024.
Monday morning when Francis receives his compatriot, Javier Milei, in a protocol audience, this trip will be discussed.
Milei invited him a month ago with an official letter.
Francis, 87, has not visited his native country since his election to the papal seat in 2013.
If the trip is confirmed, this pope could not imagine being welcomed there by an ultraliberal president, in office for two months after having beaten a left-wing Peronist, Sergio Massa, with 56% of the votes, the political family of Francis who has always fought liberalism and capitalism.
Will it first be necessary to seal a form of reconciliation between the two men?
This is one of the challenges…
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