Ballve comments on Argentina's Catholic backlash, citing as an example protests on the shut down of a 50-year retrospective of the art of Leon Ferrari, one of Argentina's most important living artists. Among other things, he mentions that beneath the surface of the Ferrari controversy, it is indicative of a more profound and hopeful process underway. With the dimming influence of the Church, secular spaces have opened for policies that protect lives and grant greater liberties.

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