Pope Leo XIV Draws 2.5 Million People to Historic Mass in Argentina
Leo told residents their lives were a blessing, not a burden, as Argentina’s disability services face funding cuts and 2.5 million attended his Mass.
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Pope Leo XIV gathered 2.5 million faithful this Monday in the Mass before the Monument of the Spaniards and in the Pope’s tour of Libertador Avenue, in Buenos Aires, according to the Vatican with information from the organizers. It is the most massive event of his pontificate, begun in May 2025. In addition, the pontiff met with people with disabilities and victims of abuses by the clergy.
The high pontiff holds a full day in CABA and the Conurbano. After his visit to the Cottolengo of Don Orione, he led a mass in Palermo. An activity with the world of work and an inter-religious encounter remains.
An unprecedented human tide filled on Monday the vicinity of the Monument to the Spaniards, in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Palermo. As part of the first visit of a high pontiff to the country in almost 40 years, Pope Leo XIV led a mass crowding in front of about two million faithful who camped and enjoyed Avenida Del Libertador after their journey aboard the Papamobile. The day had started early in the Buenos Aires town of Claypole, where t…
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