Pope Leo Steps Into Trump-Tinged Latin America
The 12-day journey includes more than 50 engagements as Leo XIV meets political leaders and visits Indigenous and vulnerable communities.
- On Friday, Pope Leo XIV departed for a 12-day, three-country tour of Latin America, visiting Uruguay, Argentina, and Peru through November 17. This marks his first trip since undergoing lung surgery in October.
- The 71-year-old Pontiff faces a rigorous 12-day schedule featuring 36 speeches and 14 flights, intending to address regional polarization and social inequality across Latin America. Vatican sources say he will emphasize coexistence and unity as antidotes to polarization.
- Marking the first papal visit to Uruguay in 38 years, the Pope arrived Friday to meet President Yamandú Orsi and celebrate Mass outside the National Sanctuary of Our Lady of the Thirty-Three. He will spend 48 hours in the country.
- President Javier Milei will greet the Pope on Sunday in Argentina after repairing relations following past insults; the visit includes a tribute to Pope Francis at Buenos Aires cathedral on November 9. The government organized the visit amid concerns the Pope might raise social inequality issues.
- Six days in Peru conclude the tour, where Pope Leo XIV returns to Chiclayo, the diocese where he served as bishop for ten years. President Keiko Fujimori will welcome him under a state of emergency declared over El Niño-related flooding affecting nearly one million faithful.
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Pope Leo XIV is going to South America for a 12-day tour, visiting Uruguay, Argentina and Peru, and meeting with political leaders, prisoners, the poor and his old friends.
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Pope Leon XIV begins his first apostolic journey in South America this Friday in Uruguay, which also includes Argentina and Peru. Robert Francis Prevost, born in Chicago 71 years ago, but "Peruvian of heart", given the time he spent in that country, knows the region as the palm of his hand. He will visit over 12 days to 10 of his cities. He will meet with the executive authorities and representatives of society. He will also celebrate mass. "For…
Leo XIV in Latin America: a confrontation with the right
The Pope departs today and returns on 17 November. No special medical precautions are needed following his operation on 13 October. Vatican communications chief Montse Alvarado: “He is doing well.” In Buenos Aires, Milei and Peter Thiel await him; in Lima, the daughter of Alberto Fujimori
A year and a half after being elected Pope, Leon XIV makes his trip to Uruguay, Argentina and Peru, three countries that did not visit his predecessor, Francisco. What does his apostolic journey through the southern cone mean and what messages does he leave in his path? Profile Córdoba consulted political analysts and referents of the social studies in this regard. Read more
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