How Argentina's bishops grapple with their country's past
Argentina's bishops asked scholars in the country to consider how the Church engaged with the country's dictatorship
On September 9, 2000, the Argentine bishops made a historic mea culpa for mistakes made at different times in the country’s history.
In particular, they apologized for wrongs committed during the period of violence that took place between the 1966 Argentine Revolution and the end of the military dictatorship in 1983.
The bishops admitted that Church leade…