Pope Leo readies for 'intense' South America homecoming
The Vatican says Leo will lead more than 50 events and deliver 36 speeches on a trip expected to draw millions of faithful.
- Pope Leo XIV begins an 11-day South America tour starting November 6, visiting Uruguay, Argentina, and his adopted homeland, Peru, despite undergoing surgery fewer than three weeks ago to remove a cancerous tumour.
- Although the Vatican notes Leo is still in recovery, the pope will lead over 50 events, including open-air masses and meetings with Indigenous peoples in the Amazon, demonstrating an ambitious itinerary despite his recent health challenge.
- In Uruguay, the head of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics will meet left-wing President Yamandu Orsi, while in Argentina he will sit with Argentine President Javier Milei amid criticism from local Church leaders over economic policies.
- The tour culminates in Peru, where the US-born pontiff—formerly Robert Francis Prevost—will meet President Keiko Fujimori and address political instability alongside the needs of 1.6 million Venezuelans in the country.
- Christopher White of Georgetown University in Washington called this "the most closely watched trip of Leo's papacy to date." His brief visit to Cusco at 3,400 metres will test whether the pontiff has truly beaten his cancer.
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AFTER a successful recovery from lung surgery, Pope Leo is ready for an intensive twelve-day tour of ten cities in South America.
Leo’s Latin America homecoming will also honor Francis’ legacy
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Weeks after cancer surgery, Pope Leo XIV will return to the continent that shaped his ministry, injecting hope in secularized Uruguay, honoring Francis’ legacy in Argentina and reconnecting with his adopted homeland of Peru.
The pontiff will make a visit in Peru considered to be his ‘homecoming’, where more than a million people are expected to mobilize.
Not even four weeks after his lung surgery, Pope Leo XIV leaves in a few days on his longest trip abroad. Just a week earlier, the 71-year-old cancelled a short flight from Rome to Assisi at the end of October – on medical advice, as the Vatican informed us.
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