BUENOS AIRES (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Standing next to his self-built home reached by a steep ladder in a Buenos Aires slum, resident Miguel Romero is skeptical about the future despite ...

In the poor Zabaleta district of Buenos Aires, amidst precarious houses and narrow alleys, María Ayala walks the same streets Pope Francis walked during his years as a priest to reach the local ...

One of Buenos Aires' poorest and most densely-populated neighbourhoods has shown a spike in the number of COVID-19 infections, worrying authorities hoping to ease the Argentine capital's two-month ...

The new pope, known for his work with the poor in Buenos Aires’ slums, immediately charmed the crowd in St. Peter’s, which roared when his name was announced and roared again when he emerged ...

The new pope, known for his work with the poor in Buenos Aires’ slums, immediately charmed the crowd in St. Peter’s, which roared when his name was announced and roared again when he emerged ...

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — In the crowded slum of Villa 31, the sun plays hide and seek between buildings that jut and fall against the sky like blocks of Tetris.Illegal cables carry electrity ...

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Paco, who has worked in the slums of Buenos Aires since he was ordained 30 years ago, is more preoccupied by ensuring the inhabitants of the barrio’s 168 illegally occupied homes have enough food.

About 1,000 families occupy an old car cemetery in Buenos Aires, where a priest from a neighboring slum gave his benediction for people to name the area "Pope Francis neighborhood." Duration: 01:19 Up ...

BUENOS AIRES, Feb 28 (Reuters) - At a soup kitchen in a Buenos Aires slum, Alejandro Monzon hung his head as he stood in line and recounted how his fortunes have unraveled over the last year. Food ...

As archbishop of Buenos Aires, he had his priests open drug rehab centers in the Buenos Aires slums where “paco” addiction was rampant, and he famously washed the feet of recovering paco ...