The writer and biographer of the president Nicolas Marquez came out harshly on social networks against the archbishop of Buenos Aires, Jorge García Cuervahours after the head of the Argentine Church delivered a critical homily during the Tedeum of May 25 in the Metropolitan Cathedral, in which he asked the ruling class to abandon polarization and commit to dialogue.
In his X account, Márquez without nuance disqualified both the figure of the archbishop and the content of his message. He called him a “brutized, immoral and anti-Christian bishop” and questioned his supposed closeness to Peronism, which he associated with the figure of Juan Peron —whom he characterized as a Freemason and an excommunicated heretic— to conclude that García Cuerva is “part of the brood of heretics infiltrated into the Church” that, according to Márquez, was placed in positions of power by Pope Francis, whom he also attacked in the tweet.
Far from reading the archbishop’s homily as a warning sign, Márquez reframed it as indirect praise for the management of Javier Milei: “I would have been very worried if the aforementioned Kirchnerist clergyman praised the President’s management. But fortunately and for everyone’s peace of mind, he was critical of it. A GREAT RELIEF,” he wrote, in a line of argument that seeks to turn each criticism of the Government into a confirmation of its correct course.
Márquez’s text is part of a broader offensive by the harsh environment of the ruling party against García Cuerva, whose homily – in which he asked “enough haranguing polarization” – generated resentment in sectors of the Government. Milei himself, however, chose a more moderate tone when responding publicly: he avoided direct confrontation with the archbishop and described his position as “an absolutely valid opinion”, thus distancing himself from the virulence of his biographer.
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