▁de ▁Kirch ner , ▁have ▁been ▁similarly ▁t ense . ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 8 , ▁Berg og lio ▁called ▁for ▁national ▁recon c ili ation ▁during ▁dist urban ces ▁in ▁the ▁country ' s ▁agricult ural ▁regions , ▁which ▁the ▁government ▁interpreted ▁as ▁a ▁support ▁for ▁anti - g overn ment ▁demonstr ators . ▁The ▁campaign ▁to ▁en act ▁same - sex ▁marriage ▁legisl ation ▁was ▁a ▁particularly ▁t ense ▁period ▁in ▁their ▁relations . ▁ ▁When ▁Berg og lio ▁was ▁elected ▁po pe , ▁the ▁initial ▁re actions ▁were ▁mixed . ▁Most ▁of ▁the ▁Argent ine ▁society ▁che ered ▁it , ▁but ▁the ▁pro - g overn ment ▁newspaper ▁P ágina / 1 2 ▁published ▁renew ed ▁alleg ations ▁about ▁the ▁D irty ▁War , ▁and ▁the ▁president ▁of ▁the ▁National ▁Library ▁described ▁a ▁global ▁consp i racy ▁theory . ▁The ▁president ▁took ▁more ▁than ▁an ▁hour ▁before ▁con gr at ulating ▁the ▁new ▁Pope , ▁and ▁only ▁did ▁so ▁in ▁a ▁passing ▁reference ▁within ▁a ▁routine ▁speech . ▁However , ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁Pope ' s ▁popular ity ▁in ▁Argentina , ▁Crist ina ▁Kirch ner ▁made ▁what ▁the ▁political ▁anal yst ▁Cla udio ▁Fant ini ▁called ▁a ▁" C op ern ican ▁shift " ▁in ▁her ▁relations ▁with ▁him ▁and ▁fully ▁emb rac ed ▁the ▁Francis ▁phenomen on . ▁On ▁the ▁day ▁before ▁his ▁inaug uration ▁as ▁po pe , ▁Berg og lio , ▁now ▁Francis , ▁had ▁a ▁private ▁meeting ▁with ▁Kirch ner . ▁They ▁ex changed ▁g