Was Eva Peron a Practising or even a Devout Catholic?

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If so, how do other catholics look upon her Catholocism?

It seems to me like she was a Practicing Catholic, there was of cause famously after she had died even a movement in her home country to try to have her given Sainthood by the Papacy(yes it seems odd to us now, but it’s true that did happen), so it makes sense to me that she must have at least been a practicing Catholic. She prayed and celebrated mass with the pope in rome when she visited there during her short lifetime.

I’ve read part of her auto-biography called “Evita by Evita” and she occasionally mentions her faith in god, but I am wondering because of the not too great image she crafted for herself politically, if she really was Catholic? and if so how to modern Catholics look upon the apparent excesses of her life?

I put this in the “popular Media” forum because I’m not sure where to ask it.
 
So…you want us to judge her, eh? That’s ok, we’re good at that. Unfortunately, I’m not familiar with her, i haven’t even seen Evita 😛 . If she attended a Papal Mass, she was at least self-describedly Catholic…
So what political things are you referring to, that you think would detract from her Catholicity?
 
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So…you want us to judge her, eh? That’s ok, we’re good at that. Unfortunately, I’m not familiar with her, i haven’t even seen Evita 😛 . If she attended a Papal Mass, she was at least self-describedly Catholic…
So what political things are you referring to, that you think would detract from her Catholicity?
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Nup, In fact I want people to know she was a Catholic, she was not a self described Catholic, she was Catholic and that comes through in her biography too. Not many people realize that she was one when they talk about how “bad she was for her country”, because she was also a leading figure of Socialism who was married to General Peron. Peron’s reign is generally a dark time for Argentina. After her passing, his ideas on Religion were left unchecked too.

She’s a rather tragic individual not just because she died in her early 30s, but she was a woman who really tired her hardest to leave a charitable legacy and instead left a rather mixed bag because of her association with Peron her husband.
 
I would assume that she was born and raised Catholic (even though she was the child of an illicit affair), as Argentina is a very Catholic nation (to my knowledge, anyways.).

Whether or not she was honestly devout, who can say. It was certainly a very smart politial move on her part, even if she was just faking it. Also, She and Juan were married in the church, and she did visit the Pope (though apparently it didn’t go so well??)

As much as I love Evita and her story, I don’t think she was the Argentinian Golden Girl that everyone presents her to be. I think she was so smart, and used everything in her power (including her sex appeal, background, marriage and faith) to manipulate the people in order to further her husbands politics.

And I still like her 🙂

Jessica
 
In her meeting with Pope Pius XII, he gave Eva a rosary and told her that her that her husband was a favoured son whom he considered a vital rampart against Communism.

Well, she did lose her virginity durinf the 1930s when she was trying to earn a living… but I think overall she was a good Catholic.
 
Juan Perón was a good leader actually, and told the Gringo Yankee Imperialists and the British to bugger off, and in reply they applied economic sanctions against him, sabotaging the Argentinian economy.
 
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