[NYer]

Ping!

[Wyrd bið ful aræd]

"Death squads roamed the streets as military-run “detention centers” were busy in a trade that the author describes vividly as one of blood and disinfectant. Torture was widespread, with physicians turned into butchers—deaf to their maimed subjects’ pleas for mercy. Prisoners were hooded and held in kneeling positions for long periods, very long periods in some cases. Other inmates were suddenly shown their wives and girlfriends before being told that their loved ones would be raped unless they “named names”; by all accounts, many were raped. Children were forcibly removed from their parents and given over to military families for adoption—some estimate at least 500 such cases. The firing squads worked overtime. In addition, flights took off over the Atlantic with their doomed “payload”: bound and gagged prisoners who were subsequently thrown to their deaths in the ocean below. To this day the corpses of those so dispatched are still washing up on the Argentine shoreline."

Has this has been independently verified, or is puffed up to justify Francis playing secret squirrel to save communists?

[Grateful2God]

Ever see,"The Scarlet and the Black" starring Gregory Peck and Christopher Plummer? Based on the story of Father Hugh O'Flaherty, the one mentioned in the article.

[ebb tide]

,>I>Bergoglio’s List: How a Young Francis Defied a Dictatorship and Saved Dozens of Lives

Raul, Fidel and Obama: Francis seems quite compliant and cooperative with dictators.

[MDLION]

I have this book. It’s hard to read in big bites because it’s a bit depressing.
There’s no doubt the future pope showed bravery and put his life on the line.