Argentina’s president and his allies have appeared to receive a public scolding from the Archbishop of Buenos Aires over prioritisation of the poor.
President Mauricio Macri heard Archbishop Mario Poli speak at the traditional May Revolution Day service at the local cathedral.
The Archbishop said “Attention should be prioritised toward children and the elderly, the most vulnerable (in society), to look after them is to guarantee the future of an independent and free country”.
Archbishop Poli said politicians should not limit themselves to looking only at the coldness of statistics.
“We should not lose sensitivity to the pain of others,” he said.