Carlos Amigo Vallejo by Juan Asenjo Pelegrina. On Saturday, 22 September 2012, Cardinal Amigo Vallejo was appointed by Pope Benedict XVI to serve as his Special Envoy to the closing celebrations of the fifth centenary (500-year-anniversary) of the arrival of Puerto Rico's first Bishop, Don Alonso Manso, set to take place in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on 19 November 2012. He participated as a cardinal-elector in the papal conclave in 2013 which elected Jorge Mario Cardinal Bergoglio as Pope Francis. Vallejo lost the right to participate in future conclaves upon reaching his 80th birthday on 23 August 2014. Carlos Amigo Vallejo Carlos Amigo
Catholic Church in Argentina July 2010, Argentina was one of the first countries in the Latin America that legalized same-sex marriage, putting Argentina at odd's ends with the Catholic Church. Protesters, largely consisting of members of the Argentine Catholic Church and Evangelical and Protestant groups were sparked against the legislation, while demonstrating in front of the Congress. Argentina’s Synod of Bishops called upon Catholics to oppose politicians who supported the bill. Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the Archbishop of Buenos Aires and Primate of Argentina, has said that if a proposed bill giving same-sex couples the opportunity to marry and adopt children should be approved,