Huge crowds gather in Buenos Aires for Pope Leo's outdoor Mass
The visit highlights Argentina’s dispute over disability funding as the home says it serves more than 400 vulnerable people and faces funding shortfalls.
- On Monday, Pope Leo XIV arrived in Buenos Aires for a massive outdoor Mass at the Monumento a los Españoles, which city officials expected to draw more than 1.5 million faithful.
- Earlier, the pontiff visited the Cottolengo Don Orione center in Claypole, a facility for over 400 people with disabilities that serves as a focal point for protests against President Javier Milei's austerity measures.
- Leo said in the center's chapel, "A nation's progress is also measured by how it welcomes all people with disabilities," urging Argentina to replace the "pursuit of economic success" with "great works of charity."
- The visit occurs as Argentina's Senate prepares to vote on disability funding legislation that President Javier Milei opposes, citing concerns that increased spending would undermine his administration's fiscal balance.
- This visit marks the first papal trip to majority-Catholic Argentina since 1987, serving as the second stop on Leo's 12-day South American tour that concludes in Peru on November 17, 2026.
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In a centre that accommodates 415 persons with disabilities, the pontiff heard testimonies from its residents and stressed the importance of supporting them.
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The Pope celebrated a Mass for Families on Liberator Avenue. Before, he visited a home for people with disabilities affected by courts of the Milei Government.
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