Pope Leo heads to Milei's Argentina as tensions loom over austerity, Iran
The visit comes amid church criticism of Milei’s austerity cuts and a recent arrest over death threats against the pope.
- On Sunday, Pope Leo XIV arrived in Argentina following his Uruguay tour, where President Milei is scheduled to greet him at the airport for a traditional welcome ceremony.
- Since taking office in December 2023, Milei implemented sweeping austerity measures, including a 48 percent health care budget slash that intensified friction with church leaders criticizing his economic orthodoxy.
- Security officials reported a Saturday arrest regarding death threats against Leo, while posters reading "At last, a Lion who unites" appeared across Buenos Aires playing on the president's imagery.
- Karina Milei, the president's sister and secretary general of the presidency, insisted the trip is "purely religious," while theology professor David Lantigua anticipates tensions mirroring those faced by Pope Francis.
- Official data indicates poverty reached 32.3 percent of Argentina's population in early 2026, affecting about 15 million people amid deep polarization surrounding the pope's visit.
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Pope Leo XIV begins this Sunday his trip to Argentina – which remained pending in the 12 years of Pope Francis' pontificate – through the capital, Buenos Aires, where he will meet with the country's president at the Casa Rosada. Both the Pontiff and Javier Milei will try to depolitize the visit, but behind the conciliatory gestures will be under tension two diametrically opposed world views, which will be evident in the speeches of Leo, in the p…
RIO DE JANEIRO. Francis never returned to his homeland as pope. Today, his successor Leo XIV lands in Buenos Aires instead. Argentina's ultra-liberal president Javier Milei is worried about the visit. The Catholic Church is among the most vocal opponents of his austerity policies.
The Pope has dismissed from Uruguay from the Catholic epicenter of the nation, the national sanctuary of the Virgin of the Thirty and Three, where the patroness of Uruguay is venerated. For centuries this carving was called Our Lady of the Painted, but it changed its name in 1825 when 33 patriots went to pray at her feet to swear the freedom of the country and ask her intercession for the campaigns of independence. The history of the place has a…
Pope Leo heads to Milei’s Argentina as tensions loom over austerity, Iran
By Leila Miller and Joshua McElwee Pope Leo heads to Argentina on Sunday for the second leg of a 12-day tour across South America, kicking off the visit with a closely watched speech to Argentine President Javier Milei, a libertarian seen as a close ally of Donald Trump. The address by the first US-born pope […]
The Pontiff arrived at the stadium of the Uruguayan capital for a prayer vigil. To welcome him thousands of faithful, among applause, flags and manifestations of enthusiasm. The article Pope Leo XIV in Montevideo, the enthusiasm of the faithful at the Centenary Stadium comes from The Truth.
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