Before becoming Pope in 2013, Jorge Bergoglio served as the Archbishop of Buenos Aires, living a humble life and using public transport. He was known for his strategic leadership but had a fraught relationship with President Cristina Kirchner and her husband, who viewed him as right-wing. Accusations of complicity with Argentinaâs military dictatorship added to the tension. Bergoglio rejected claims of being a Peronist, clarifying that his advocacy for social justice often led to misconceptions about his political standing.
I was never affiliated to the Peronist party, nor was I a Peronist militant or sympathizer. To affirm that is a lie, Pope Francis noted in the book Pope Francis: The Shepherd.
Bergoglio always rejected these epithets and accusations. The family home of Jorge Mario Bergoglio, in the Flores neighborhood of Buenos Aires.
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