Huge crowds gather in Buenos Aires for Pope Leo's outdoor Mass
The visit highlighted disputes over austerity as officials said more than 2 million people gathered for the pope’s first Mass in Argentina in nearly 40 years.
- On Sunday, Pope Leo XIV arrived in Buenos Aires and urged Argentine President Javier Milei and other leaders to prioritize people over economics, stating "the economy must serve the person, not the person the economy."
- President Javier Milei's administration implemented sweeping spending cuts to tame inflation and produce a budget surplus, slashing annual inflation from 200% to about 32%. These reforms coincided with falling real wages and roughly 300,000 formal job losses.
- Highlighting human costs, Leo cited retirees struggling on $510 monthly pensions and noted that more than 80% of medical students surveyed had considered emigrating. He stressed that "technological development requires an ethical awareness equal to the task."
- While Milei paid homage to Argentine Pope Francis during the ceremony, he has previously called social justice "a horror." Leo countered that authority "reaches its highest purpose when exercised as a service" to the entire community.
- Marking the first papal visit to Argentina in nearly four decades, Leo's trip navigates a deeply polarized nation where 42 of 44 bishops' policy documents published between January 2024 and September 2026 criticized the administration's approach to poverty and migration.
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BUENOS AIRES (AP) — On his second day in Argentina, the pope visited Little Cottolengo Don Orione, a disability assistance center where he had a meeting with his staff and those who are there.
The Pope celebrated his greatest mass in Argentina with millions of faithful, and President Javier Milei also attended it. For the right-wing populist, the Pontiff found words advocating during his visit.
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Pope Leo XIV visited a home for people with disabilities Monday and told them their lives were a blessing, not a burden, as he pressed his call for Argentina to care for its most vulnerable in a symbolic rebuke of President Javier Milei’s austerity measures. Before drawing an estimated 2.5... Read More The post 2.5 million show up to Pope Leo Mass appeared first on The Horn News - Proudly American, Fiercely Independent.
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