“You agree with diametrically opposed positions, you pretend you’re on everybody’s side. This is so wrong!”
That just shows that he was a cynical liar. That’s not unusual.
It seems more important to me that he was a Nazi. A real Nazi, who supported Hitler and wanted Argentina to enter WWII on Germany’s side.
And he actually was a child molester. He married the mina (prostitute) Eva Duarte as a beard because even his supporters were losing patience with the things he did to prepubescent girls.
Peron was filth in every way imaginable, but the author seems to approve of him, and tries to find some legitimacy in his dishonesty.
The author is NOT approving of Peron. The author is as opposed to Peron as you are. AND the author is not saying "Bergoglio is OK, 'because' he's like Peon."
He IS saying Bergoglio and Peron are on the same damn team.