Pope Leo XIV Arrives in Uruguay at Start of South American Tour Less than a Month After Lung Surgery
The visit includes Masses, talks with leaders and meetings with abuse survivors as Leo recovers from lung cancer surgery.
- On Friday, Pope Leo XIV landed at Montevideo's Carrasco International Airport, launching a 12-day, three-nation South American tour as President Yamandu Orsi greeted the 71-year-old pontiff amid large crowds.
- Doctors cleared the 71-year-old pontiff for travel just 24 days after he underwent a lobectomy on October 13, 2026, enabling the U.S.-born leader to maintain his demanding itinerary across three countries.
- Christians make up 44% of Uruguay's population, the lowest share in Latin America, according to Pew Research Center data; Leo aims to revitalize Catholic heritage in a nation that has legalized assisted dying despite Church opposition.
- Roughly 30,000 people gathered in Montevideo to welcome the pontiff; his three-day itinerary includes Masses in Paysandu and Florida, where Leo will honor the country's patroness, Our Lady of the Thirty-Three.
- Following his Uruguay visit, Leo travels to Argentina and Peru, where he spent two decades as a missionary; Vatican officials framed the journey as a personal pastoral mission addressing regional instability and environmental concerns.
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I am proud to be an American. On the papal plane to Montevideo, Uruguay, the attention of the eighty journalists of about twenty nationalities...
Leo XIV begins the trip in Montevideo after having been discharged from the hospital where he underwent surgery to remove a tumor in his lung. The 12-day trip also includes Argentina and Peru.
Leo XIV begins the trip in Montevideo after having been discharged from the hospital where he underwent surgery to remove a tumor in his lung. The 12-day trip also includes Argentina and Peru.
Pope Leo voted in US midterms because ‘I’m proud to be an American’ - Regional Media News
By Joshua McElwee ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Pope Leo said on Friday he had decided to cast a ballot by mail in the US midterm elections in an historic first for a Catholic leader because he feels pride in being a [...]
By Christopher Lamb, CNN Pope Leo XIV has expressed his pride at having exercised his right to vote as an American in the recent mid-term elections in the United States.During the flight to South America, the first pope born in the United States responded to a question from CNN about the meaning of his participation in the
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