There is so much being written and said about Pope Francis that one is left trying to separate what is real from the hyperbole, the accurate from what is manipulated. It appears the more that is published, the more the man himself becomes an enigma. Nevertheless, a new book from St. Benedict Press, titled Bergoglio’s List: How a Young Francis Defied a Dictatorship and Saved Dozens of Lives, by Italian journalist Nello Scavo, about then-Father Bergoglio and the troubled events of his homeland some four decades ago, tells an impressive tale.
Many of the facts of this story seem to have been largely missed, or ignored, by the mainstream media, while distortions about what took place are readily publicized. The most prominent example of the latter is the allegation that in the 1970s the current Holy Father was somehow implicated in the events of Argentina’s Dirty War. This insinuation, which was floated in the media within days of the election of Pope Francis and which has intermittently come and gone ever since, has rarely been challenged or researched in detail—until now.
Read Full Article »