Letter shows Pope pledged to fight for jailed priest

[struggle4progress]

Published on Monday 18 March 2013 00:00

A GERMAN newspaper claims it has discovered a decades-old letter in which the future Pope Francis pledged to fight for the release of a fellow priest who had been kidnapped by the Argentine junta that was in power from 1976-1983.

Weekly Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung says Jorge Mario Bergoglio wrote to the family of the Rev Francisco Jalics in 1976 to tell them about his attempts to secure the priest’s release despite differences the two men had.

The paper’s report cites the Pope saying in his letter he would “do everything” to free Jalics.

Jalics, who survived the kidnapping, issued a statement on Friday saying he and Pope Francis had reconciled their differences years ago ...

http://www.scotsman.com/news/international/letter-shows-pope-pledged-to-fight-for-jailed-priest-1-2842264

[TexasProgresive]

1. Thank you for that

but people will believe what they want.
The 'pukes don't have a monopoly on knee jerk thinking.

[jerseyjack]

2. What differences did they reconcile?

Was it about how many angels does it take to change a light bulb? Or was it about Jorge's response to the priest's imprisonment.

[gateley]

3. We really need to find out about charges like this before we condemn out of hand. I think I read

where Amnesty International had NOT mentioned him in a report where they were naming names. Even if that's accurate, it's not proof either way.

We need proof to charge him, and because this has become an accepted belief, will need proof to prove if he's not guilty.

So thanks for another voice in this debate.