Americas

Argentina

Argentina is the homeland of Pope Francis — the first Latin American and first Jesuit pope in history — and its Church carries a complex legacy of military dictatorship, liberation theology, and a pastoral tradition shaped by Buenos Aires's working-class barrios that defined Jorge Bergoglio's priesthood.

Argentina
Bl. Césare de Bus (though French, widely venerated); Bl. Zefírino Namuncurá (young Mapuche man, first indigenous Argentine beatified)
Argentina
Our Lady of Lujan (May 8) — patronal feast of Argentina, annual pilgrimage draws 1 million to the Basilica of Lujan; Feast of the Immaculate Conception (Dec 8) — National Holiday
Catholic Population:
32 million
Percent Catholic:
71%
Church Status
Stable
Primary Diocese:
Archdiocese of Buenos Aires

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