NATACHA PISARENKO

Faithful pray for Pope Francis' health during a Mass at the Cathedral in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Argentina prays for native son Francis, the first Latin American pope in history
Catholics from across Argentina have flocked to churches to pray for the recovery of native son Pope Francis, the first Latin American pope in history.
 
Alberto Pena holds a figure of Argentina's folk Saint "Gauchito" Gil as fireworks light up the sky at his sanctuary in Mercedes, Corrientes, Argentina, Monday, Jan. 8, 2024. Every Jan. 8, devotees from across the country visit his sanctuary to ask for miracles or give him thanks.(AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Argentines ask folk cowboy saint Gauchito Gil to help cope with galloping inflation
Thousands of faithful Argentines flock every year to the northern city of Mercedes to ask folk cowboy saint Gauchito Gil for protection and to thank him for past favors.
 
Fans make their way to the Monumental stadium to attend Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour concert, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Taylor Swift’s Argentina concert takes political turn as presidential election nears
Politics was suddenly a topic of conversation as thousands of Taylor Swift fans eagerly lined up for the superstar’s first-ever concert in Argentina.
 
Andrés Ferreira, follower of presidential hopeful Javier Milei, folds a banner of his candidate at his home at Fiorito neighborhood in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Saturday, Sept. 23, 2023. Javier Milei is a right-wing populist who admires former U.S. President Donald Trump and made a name for himself by shouting against Argentina's “political caste” on television. He is the front-runner heading into the Oct. 22 election. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Many frustrated Argentines pinning hopes on firebrand populist Javier Milei in presidential race
Javier Milei is a right-wing populist who admires former U.S. President Donald Trump and made a name for himself by shouting against Argentina’s “political caste” on television.
 
A group of Brazilian tourists hold hands standing in a circle at the heart of a stone labyrinth in the Pueblo Encanto spiritual theme park in Capilla del Monte, Argentina, Wednesday, July 19, 2023. In the pope’s homeland of Argentina, Catholics have been renouncing the faith and joining the growing ranks of the religiously unaffiliated. Commonly known as the “nones,” they describe themselves as atheists, agnostics, spiritual but not religious, or simply: “nothing in particular.” (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
In the pope’s homeland, more Argentines are seeking spiritual answers beyond the church
In the pope’s homeland of Argentina, Catholics have been renouncing the faith and joining the growing ranks of the religiously unaffiliated.
 
Former Uruguayan President Jose “Pepe” Mujica pauses during an interview, in Montevideo, Uruguay, Saturday, July 22, 2023. Mujica is Uruguay’s best-known atheist and “none.” Uruguay has a long history of secularization that dates to the early 20th century. Today, more than half of its population identify as religiously unaffiliated – the highest portion in Latin America. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Q&A: Jose Mujica on Uruguay’s secular history, religion, atheism and the global rise of the ‘nones’
In Uruguay, a small nation of some 3.3 million people, more than half identify as “nones” – atheist, agnostic or other religiously unaffiliated – the highest portion in Latin America.
 
A demonstrator holds a sign that reads in Spanish "Killer police" during a protest in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, Aug. 10, 2023. The original protest which had been called by several left-wing groups, intensified after police tried to disperse it and a man died of a heart attack while police were detaining him. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Protester in Argentina dies of heart attack apparently suffered while being detained by police
Officials in Argentina’s capital say a left-wing political activist who was taking part in a protest days before national primary elections has died of a heart attack suffered while being detained by police.
 
Monsignor Victor Manuel Fernandez, archbishop of La Plata, smiles after a Mass at the Cathedral in La Plata, Argentina, Sunday, July 9, 2023. Fernandez was appointed by Pope Francis to head the Holy See's Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith at the Vatican. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Argentina archbishop says he made mistakes in handling abuse allegations against priest
An Argentine archbishop chosen by Pope Francis to head the Vatican office that ensures doctrinal orthodoxy concedes he made mistakes in handling a 2019 case of a priest accused of sexual abuse of minors.
 
AP PHOTOS: Summer in host city means ice cream at every turn
Summer in the World Cup host city of Nizhny Novgorod has brought a small army of ice cream vendors stationing themselves seemingly everywhere. Side-by-side on street corners and tucked into leafy parks.
 
Argentines link health problems to agrochemicals
BASAVILBASO, Argentina (AP) — Argentine farmworker Fabian Tomasi was never trained to handle pesticides.