A Still-Recovering Pope Will Head Home to Latin America and His Beloved Peru for a 12-Day Trip
The Vatican said no special medical provisions are planned as the 71-year-old pope travels 31,000 kilometers after lung cancer surgery.
- On Friday, Pope Leo XIV begins a 12-day, three-nation tour of Latin America, marking his longest trip since undergoing surgery on Oct. 13 to remove a cancerous lung tumor.
- The trip opens in Uruguay, the region's most secular nation, where officials renamed Christmas 'Family Day' and Holy Week 'Tourism Week,' reflecting the country's entrenched church-state separation.
- Returning to Peru, where Leo served as a missionary priest for two decades, the pontiff will visit Cusco at an altitude of 3,400 meters; the Vatican confirmed no special medical provisions are planned.
- Leo's tour includes Argentina, home of predecessor Pope Francis, who never returned during his 13-year pontificate. Carriquiry said Leo intends to "fill a void that has remained" in the polarized nation.
- The grueling schedule spans 31,000 kilometers, including a dozen flights and two helicopter rides, the longest of Leo's pontificate. Despite recent surgery, the Vatican confirmed no special provisions for the 71-year-old pope.
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A still-recovering pope will head home to Latin America and his beloved Peru for a 12-day trip – WTOP News
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Three weeks after lung cancer surgery, Pope Leo XIV is embarking on the longest and farthest trip of his pontificate: a 12-day, three-nation tour of Latin America that carries more personal and historic weight than any of his voyages to date. The U.S.-born Leo is returning home to Peru, where the...
A still-recovering pope will head home to Latin America and his belove
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Three weeks after lung cancer surgery , Pope Leo XIV is embarking on the longest and farthest trip of his pontificate: a 12-day, three-nation tour of Latin America that carries more personal and
Just three weeks after undergoing surgery to remove lung cancer, Pope Leo XIV will embark on a trip to South America on Friday. During the long pilgrimage, which will last until November 17, he will visit Uruguay, Argentina, and Peru.
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