Vatican rejects claims that Argentine-born Pope Francis stayed silent during military rule in 1970s-80s.  The man who is now Pope Francis was a young Jesuit leader, not long out of seminary, when Argentina's military junta unleashed a reign of terror that became known as the "dirty war." That was more than 30 years ago, but the reaction to the naming of the first Argentine pope shows that the wounds have not yet healed. Read