PHILADELPHIA The faithful traveled from as far as Argentina and as near as Lansdowne on Sunday to celebrate Mass with a pope who many feel brings a message of humility, redemption and hope. The Miller family from Media, Pa., sat atop a blue blanket along the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, similar to how they did Saturday as they stood for six hours with a wish to catch a glimpse of the pontiff. On Sunday, the three girls — Ellie, 11, Greta, Read more [...]

If there was ever a question about what the investment community thinks of Argentina’s president Cristina Kirchner, recent market activity is clearing up any doubts. The economic slowdown in China is hitting South America hard. Slackening Asian demand for the resource-rich continent’s commodities has provoked a wave of selling across the region, hitting stock markets and currencies. But one country is bucking the trend – financial pariah Argentina. Read more [...]

PHILADELPHIA (AP) –  Pope Francis met Sunday with a family who made a 13,000-mile trip over 194 days from Argentina to Philadelphia in an old Volkswagen van. Francis spent time with fellow Argentinians Catire Walker and Noel Zemborain and their four children and was touched by their experience, said Vatican spokesman Father Federico Lombardi. Walker and Zemborain quit their jobs in food service and marketing to lead their children on the unforgettable tour of the Americas, using savings Read more [...]

Andres Di Leo worked through the field to take the individual race victory in Sunday's Masters Games cross triathlon and Rabbit Island. Argentinian Andres Di Leo worked hard for his win in Sunday's Masters Games cross triathlon at Rabbit Island, with Nelson triathlete Alan Bryson chasing all the way and coming up short by 14 seconds.The event started with a 750m swim in perfect sea conditions Read more [...]

Uruguay forecasts to welcome 2.8 million visitors until the end of this year. The data so far show positive trend. Uruguay’s Undersecretary of Tourism, Benjamin Liberoff, said the country expects to close 2015 with over 2.8 million tourists, and he announced that from January to August, they received more than 1.9 million tourists, up 8.9% over the same period in 2014. Tourism revenue in the first eight months of the year was 6.9% higher, reaching 1.152 Read more [...]

DOWN. Lionel Messi cringes in pain after being hurt in Barcelona's win over Las Palmas. Photo by Josep Lago/AFP MADRID, Spain - Lionel Messi will be out for up to 8 weeks after suffering left knee ligament damage in Barcelona's 2-1 win over Las Palmas on Saturday, September 26, dealing a blow also to Argentina's World Cup plans. "Tests have confirmed that Leo Messi suffered a torn internal collateral knee ligament. The estimated time out will be seven to eight weeks," Barcelona said Read more [...]

Argentina dominate Georgia at Kingsholm in Rugby World Cup pool CArgentina scored three tries while Mamuka Gorgodze was sin-binnedJuan Imhoff and Santiago Cordero each crossed twice for five-pointers By Joe Ridge for the Daily Mail Published: 17:36 GMT, 25 September 2015 | Updated: 22:08 GMT, 25 September 2015 4 View comments Three tries in 10 minutes Read more [...]

Lionel Messi will be out for up to eight weeks after suffering left knee ligament damage in Barcelona’s 2-1 win over Las Palmas on Saturday, dealing a blow also to Argentina’s World Cup plans. Madrid (AFP) “Tests have confirmed that Leo Messi suffered a torn internal collateral knee ligament. The estimated time out will be seven to eight weeks,” Barcelona said in a statement. Messi, 28, looks set to be sidelined Read more [...]

Argentina coach Daniel Hourcade insisted his side would keep their feet on the ground after hammering Georgia 54-9 on Friday to put them on course to reach the World Cup quarter-finals.Argentina went down 26-16 to champions New Zealand in their opening game. They are now favorites to qualify as second in Pool C with two remaining games against Tonga and minnows Namibia.A tight first half at Gloucester’s Kingsholm Stadium gave way to a seven-try mauling, with Tomas Lavanini, Tomas Cubelli and Martin Read more [...]

The Associated Press GLOUCESTER, England (AP) — Argentina blew Georgia away in the second half in an emphatic 54-9 Rugby World Cup win to stay on course for second spot in Pool C on Friday. Left winger Juan Imhoff and right winger Santiago Cordero scored two clinical tries each as Argentina scored seven — six after the interval. But it was No. 8 Mamuka Gorgodze’s careless sin-bin early in the second half that tipped the scales. When he was punished for slowing down the ball at the ruck, it Read more [...]