Pope Leo draws million-strong crowd at Argentine vigil, urges youth not to chase clicks
- Late on Tuesday, Pope Leo XIV presided over a massive youth vigil at the Monumento in Buenos Aires, with the Vatican estimating one million attendees at the event.
- The vigil follows Pope Leo XIV's main Mass on Monday in Buenos Aires, which drew 2.5 million people—a record for his still-young pontificate. After nearly 40 years without a papal visit, Argentina was chosen as the destination.
- Leo urged Argentines to follow the example of local saints, including the 'Gaucho priest' and 'Mama Antula,' Argentina's first female saint in 2024. He told them, 'We are all called to holiness.'
- After Mass, Leo met privately with 20 people who had family members disappear during Argentina's 1976-1983 military dictatorship. He spoke to President Javier Milei of the nation's history, citing 'reasons for gratitude and painful memories.'
- Leo said each generation must 'discern what deserves to be preserved, to confront past injustices and to add to its shared material and spiritual patrimony.' These remarks were seen as addressing Argentina's dictatorship legacy.
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The spokesman-ReviewPope Leo draws million-strong crowd at Argentine vigil, urges youth not to chase clicks
BUENOS AIRES: Pope Leo drew a crowd of a million on Tuesday (Nov 11) for the third strong turnout of his 12-day South America tour, as he urged young people at a nighttime vigil in Argentina not to be consumed by the pursuit of money or social media popularity.Throngs stretched for miles down the Avenida del
On Tuesday, in Argentina, the sovereign pontiff also mentioned his surgery in October for lung cancer, but to praise pastoral "persistence".
BUENOS AIRES (ANP/RTR) - During a vigil in Buenos Aires, Pope Leo XIV warned young people against social media and obsession with money. He invited them to turn to God instead of being swept along by these modern-day "idols". One million people attended the vigil in the ce...
Pope Leo tells Argentine youth: Stand firm, become saints, ‘go and proclaim’
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (OSV News) — Nearly four decades after young Argentines filled the streets of Buenos Aires for a historic World Youth Day with St. John Paul II, over… The post Pope Leo tells Argentine youth: Stand firm, become saints, ‘go and proclaim’ first appeared on OSV News.
In front of a million young Argentines gathered in Buenos Aires on Tuesday night, the pope renewed his call for "holyness". He left Argentina this Wednesday for Peru, the last stage of his journey in Latin America.
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ReflectorPope Leo XIV urges youth in Argentina to reject 'idols' and to follow the model of saints
Pope Leo XIV has urged Argentines to reject the “idols” of money, drugs and pornography and to model their lives on the saints. He drew an estimated 1 million people to the vigil in the Monumento de los Españoles. The…
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