Argentina Pope

Pope Leo XIV is urging Argentines to follow the examples of some of the country's best-known saints. Leo arrived Tuesday in Córdoba a day after drawing an estimated 2.5 million in the capital Buenos Aires. Faithful from all over Argentina drove hours to be on hand. The city is home to two of Argentina's best-known saints. The site was the grounds of the Argentine Aircraft Factory. The plant was run by the air force for much of the 20th century and built the attack planes Argentina’s military first used in late 1975 to strike leftist guerrillas. That counterinsurgency campaign was a prelude to the state terror unleashed under the 1976-1983 military dictatorship in which human rights groups estimate around 30,000 people were killed or disappeared.