Overview
- An official statement from the Argentine Episcopal Conference urges remembrance of the dictatorship era and cautions that a confrontational governing style can corrode democratic norms.
- The bishops’ text highlights a degradation of public debate and warns that altered democratic practices risk a quasi‑despotic exercise of power without naming specific officials.
- Archival research in the UCA study details how Conference president Adolfo Tortolo sought a 1975 'just war' opinion from theologian Domingo Basso to guide moral judgments on state force.
- Documents show Tortolo maintained close ties with President Isabel Perón, later mediating the signing of her resignation during detention at El Messidor and conveying it to the de facto authorities.
- The study records internal limits and dissent, noting warnings against indiscriminate detentions and the voice of Father Jorge Mejía, who urged organizing peace rather than resorting to force.