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Pope Leo urges South America to bridge divides on Uruguay-Argentina border
Leo said 40,000 attendees should strengthen faith and unity as he highlighted mate as a shared regional symbol.
- On Saturday, Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Mass in South America in Paysandú, Uruguay, drawing more than 30,000 registered attendees from Uruguay, Argentina, and Brazil to the riverside city 230 miles from Montevideo.
- Pope Leo arrived in Uruguay on Friday to urge South America's most secular nation, with 3.5 million people, to embrace the Catholic faith amid pressing social challenges, continuing his 12-day tour despite undergoing lung cancer surgery on October 13.
- Saturday's Mass honored Blessed Jacinto Vera, a 19th-century priest who became Uruguay's first bishop. The Vatican reported an additional 10,000 people attended beyond registered numbers despite morning rain and gray skies.
- Local church groups and authorities coordinated the Friday evening vespers service and Saturday Mass, aiming to challenge Uruguay's image as indifferent to religion through visible papal presence and community engagement.
- In Montevideo, Pope Leo will tour neighborhoods affected by drug trafficking and gang violence, where the Church works with municipal authorities on housing and rehabilitation programs, before visiting Argentina and Peru.
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A crowd bath for the pontiff in Uruguay, the first stage in Latin America. At the center is the need to strengthen ties and dialogue but, unlike Bergoglio, Leo reaffirms the essentiality of doctrine and the importance of not being dragged by theories "foreign." The article The Pope creates bridges without demolishing the banks comes from The Truth.
Pope Leo XIV called for bridges at the first Mass during his trip to South America.
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With an ode to mate tea, pope urges faithful in Uruguay to build bridges of fraternity and faith
Pope Leo XIV has urged an estimated 40,000 people in Uruguay to build bridges of fraternity and faith. He used his first Mass in South America to deliver an ode to the region’s beloved mate tea and raise the profile…
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