On March 14th, the Vatican office that manages doctrine announced that the Catholic Church is not authorized to bless same-sex unions.

A former priest in Argentina, Andrés Gioeni, formally disavowed his Catholicism after the Vatican’s decree. In recent years, Gioeni became an LGBTQ activist lobbying for a more open Catholic Church. He has blessed same-sex unions in Argentina, where Pope Francis was born and initially became part of the Catholic Church.

Catholic priests get 45 years in prison for sexually abusing deaf kids at the Antonio Provolo Institute for Deaf and Hearing Impaired Children.

Diego Armando Maradona, Argentinian soccer player and one of the best soccer players of all times, is worshiped as god by some fans.

In the last two years clerical sex abuse disclosures have increased dramatically and have a tendency of further growth in the pope’s native Argentina.

A provocative art exhibition featuring Barbie dolls as religious figurines such as the Virgin Mary and a crucified Jesus Christ has been taken down amid complaints.