Pope Francis orders Vatican to open files on Argentina dictatorship

[Judi Lynn]

9. Pope Francis Will Open Argentinian 'Dirty War' Files

Pope Francis Will Open Argentinian 'Dirty War' Files

Will Vatican files shed light on disappeared in Argentina?

May 5, 2015

Pope Francis continues to surprise. He recently slammed wage inequality between men and women as "a pure scandal," called climate change man's "slap in the face of nature" and beckoned the homeless to tour the Sistine Chapel..

Then there was his self-effacing quip about his compatriots' famous egos, saying that many Argentines were surprised he took the name Francis and not "Jesus II."

But the pontiff's fellow Argentines may find his latest strike to be his brassiest yet: He has asked the Vatican to open its archives on the Argentine Dirty War, papal adviser Guillermo Karcher told Radio America this week.

This is a big deal for at least a couple of reasons. First, as many as 30,000 people — no one knows for sure — died or disappeared during one of Latin America's most infamous dictatorships, which lasted from 1976 to 1983.

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