Alberto Methol Ferré was introduced by then Archbishop of Buenos Aires and later pope Jorge Mario Bergoglio. Bergoglio adhered to his idea of "libertine atheism". He died in Montevideo in 2009. According to one author, he was an influence in the thought of Pope Francis. Alberto Methol Ferré Alberto René Methol Ferré (Montevideo, 31 March 1929 – 15 November 2009) was a Uruguayan thinker, writer, journalist, teacher, historian and theologian. He has been described as one of Latin America's most fertile and original thinkers. Alberto Methol Ferré was born in Montevideo in 1929. He first studied in the Liceo Francés de Montevideo and
Jorge Orta (artist) of the 21st Century Arts, Rome (2012); Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield (2013); and Parc de la Villette, Paris (2014). In 2013 they were awarded the inaugural Terrace Wires commission in London. In 2007 the artists received the Green Leaf Award for Sculpture, for artistic excellence with an environmental message, presented by the United Nations Environment Programme in partnership with the Natural World Museum, at the Nobel Peace Centre Oslo, Norway. Jorge Orta (artist) Jorge Orta (born 1953) is a Paris-based, Italian-Argentinian contemporary visual artist. Jorge Orta was born in 1953, in Rosario, Argentina. After graduating simultaneously from the Faculty of