New research reveals Argentine bishops knew the military junta was 'disappearing' people and chose not to speak out publicly

The Argentine bishops knew for certain as early as 1979 that it was the military junta’s official policy to “disappear” people in order to quash opposition. The Vatican urged the bishops’ conference to intervene using all possible means.

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