Pope Leo healthy and needs no extra measures for South America trip, Vatican says
The Vatican said doctors cleared the 71-year-old pontiff for the 12-day trip and no extra medical precautions are planned.
- On Friday, November 6, Pope Leo XIV began his 12-day South American tour across Uruguay, Argentina, and Peru. The Vatican confirmed the ambitious itinerary of 36 speeches across 10 cities remains unchanged despite his recent lung surgery.
- Doctors cleared Pope Leo for the trip after he underwent surgery on October 13 to remove a cancerous tumor from his right lung. Vatican officials confirmed he requires no further treatment, allowing the schedule to proceed as planned.
- Medical teams are stationing specialized ambulances and equipment along the route to manage high-altitude stops in Cusco, Peru. The pontiff will travel 31,000 kilometers across 10 cities, involving 12 flights and 2 helicopter trips.
- Pope Leo will meet Argentina's President Javier Milei and Peru's President Keiko Fujimori to discuss regional stability and Church priorities. Argentina's aviation authority, ANAC, implemented temporary flight restrictions at major airports through Wednesday, November 11.
- Vatican Foreign Minister Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher described the journey as a potential 'bit of a game changer' for the papacy navigating a secularizing region. The tour tests the Catholic Church's ability to respond to declining religious affiliation across Latin America.
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Pope Leo heads to Milei's Argentina as tensions loom over austerity, Iran
Pope Leo heads on Sunday to Argentina on the second leg of a 12day tour across South America, where the first USborn pope will give a closely watched speech to Argentine President Javier Milei, a libertarian seen as a close ally of Donald Trump.
Today the Pope arrives in Buenos Aires greeted by Javier Milei. The increase of poverty, the trip to Latin America after the operation to the lung, the choice of Francis not to return home: interview with Monsignor Marcelo Colombo
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Pope wraps up Uruguay visit and heads to most fraught stop of his tour in Milei's Argentina
Pope Leo XIV is wrapping up his visit to Uruguay by marking an important Catholic feast day that is tied to the country’s independence
Pope wraps up Uruguay visit and heads to most fraught stop of his tour in Milei’s Argentina – WTOP News
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — Pope Leo XIV is wrapping up his visit to Uruguay on Sunday by marking an important Catholic feast day that is tied to the country’s independence, capping his effort to draw attention to the role the church has played in Latin America’s most secular country. Leo was traveling to the city...
Pope wraps up Uruguay visit and heads to most fraught stop of his tour
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — Pope Leo XIV is wrapping up his visit to Uruguay on Sunday by marking an important Catholic feast day that is tied to the country’s independence, capping his effort to draw attention to
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