Huge crowds gather in Buenos Aires for Pope Leo's outdoor Mass
City officials said the Mass could draw more than 1.5 million people as Leo begins a 50-event South America tour.
- Pope Leo visited an institution for the disabled in Buenos Aires on Tuesday, focusing on the vulnerable population sheltering over 400 people amid government austerity measures.
- Milei's austerity agenda has dismantled safety nets for an estimated 5 million Argentines with disabilities, freezing payments to specialized therapy programs his government claims are necessary to eliminate federal waste.
- Economic distress plagues the center while the Senate considers a disability funding bill Milei opposes. Leo's visit emphasizes Catholic social teaching: "The economy must serve the person, not the person the economy."
- Later Monday, Leo will meet business leaders, union representatives, and popular movements at the Catholic University, where manufacturers battered by imports and labor unions seek support on job losses and shrinking wages.
- Thousands arrived at midnight for Leo's first Mass at the Monumento, an event expected to draw nearly 2 million people at the same venue where nearly 40 years ago John Paul became the last pontiff to visit South America.
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Huge crowds gather in Buenos Aires for Pope Leo's outdoor Mass
Throngs of people were gathering on Monday on one of the main boulevards in Buenos Aires as Pope Leo was due to arrive for an outdoor Mass that city officials said could attract more than 1.5 million people.
In his first speech in Buenos Aires, he called for growth to reach those most in need and respect for those who think differently.
Pope visits struggling Argentine home for people with disabilities to press economic message – WTOP News
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Pope Leo XIV doubled down Monday on his call for Argentina to look out for the weakest and most vulnerable as he visited a home for people with disabilities in a symbolically powerful rebuke of President Javier Milei’s austerity measures. On his first full day in Argentina, Leo made a...
Pope visits struggling Argentine home for people with disabilities to
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Pope Leo XIV doubled down Monday on his call for Argentina to look out for the weakest and most vulnerable as he visited a home for people with disabilities in a symbolically
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