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Argentina Holy See relations


Argentina-Holy See relations are foreign relations between Argentina and the Holy See.

History

Both countries established diplomatic relations on April 17, 1940. Argentina has an embassy to the Holy See. The Holy See has an embassy in Buenos Aires.

Pope John Paul II made two pastoral visits. The first was in June 1982 where he called for an end to the Falklands War. The second was in April 1987 where he lectured on morality.

Vatican officials, including Pope John Paul II and Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Agostino Casaroli acted as mediators to help resolve Argentina's dispute with Chile over the Beagle Channel. After the two countries almost went to war over the area in 1978, John Paul II became interested in resolving the dispute, which lead to discussions between Chile and Argentina being mediated by the Vatican, and Argentine Foreign Minister Dante Caputo and Chilean Foreign Minister Jaime Del Valle issuing a joint statement of joint statement of peace and friendship with the intent of developing a final treaty to resolve sovereignty in the channel.

In early 2008, Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner appointed Alberto Iribarne to be Argentina's ambassador to the Holy See. The Vatican refused to accept him as an ambassador because he was divorced. After ten months of poor relations between the two countries, during which Argentina refused to appoint a new candidate and the Vatican refused to accept Iribarne, Argentina conceded and appointed Juan Pablo Cafiero to the post, which the Vatican quickly ratified.

See also

Foreign relations of Argentina

Foreign relations of the Holy See

Roman Catholicism in Argentina

External links

Argentine Ministry of Foreign Relations and Cult: list of bilateral treaties with the Holy See (in Spanish only)

Argentine Ministry of Foreign Relations and Cult: direction of the Argentine embassy to the Holy See

Argentine Ministry of Foreign Relations and Cult: direction of the Holy Sees embassy in Buenos Aires

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