Pope Leo's trip to Uruguay, Argentina and Peru to go ahead, Vatican says
Doctors said Pope Leo XIV’s recovery is on track, clearing the way for 9 public Masses and a 12-day journey across South America.
- On Tuesday, the Vatican announced Pope Leo XIV will meet with clergy sexual abuse survivors during his upcoming Apostolic Journey to Uruguay, Argentina, and Peru, aiming to express closeness to those who have suffered violence within the Church.
- Continuing the practice of predecessors Pope Benedict XVI and Pope Francis, Leo has recently held similar private encounters with survivors in Spain and France, prioritizing testimonies regarding what he describes as a "scourge" and "scandal."
- The Pope spent two decades as a missionary priest in Peru, serving as a designated bishop to hear victims of the abusive Sodalitium Christianae Vitae movement, and he previously met with fifteen survivors at the Vatican, including David Ryan from Dublin.
- "Several meetings are planned" for the Nov. 6-17 visit, though the Vatican has not specified locations; the Pope added that the Church must help survivors find healing, as abuse wounds faith and destroys lives.
- Argentina has faced a "wretched reckoning" with abuse, with victims demanding action regarding cases involving his predecessor, as the Apostolic Journey proceeds following Leo's Oct 13 lung cancer surgery.
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The Supreme Pontiff plans to speak with victims of violence committed by clergy members during his visit to Uruguay, Argentina and Peru Pope Leo XIV will meet
The Toronto Star
Pope will meet with survivors of clergy abuse during upcoming trip to Latin America, Vatican says
ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV will meet with survivors of clergy sexual abuse during his upcoming trip to Latin America, which will take the American pope to Uruguay, Argentina and Peru, the Vatican said Tuesday.
According to the Communication Department of the Holy See, the Pope's clinical evolution has been favorable, which has allowed the pastoral commitments planned for November to be maintained unchanged.
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Song Jin-won = Pope Leo XIV, who is recovering from recent cancer surgery, will embark on a tour of South America scheduled for next month based on the medical team's opinion.
The Catholic Weekly
The Catholic SunPope Leo's doctors confirm his visit to Latin America two weeks after lung surgery
Two weeks after surgery for lung cancer, Pope Leo XIV has been cleared by doctors to proceed with his planned 6-17 November trip to South America, the longest and most demanding journey of his pontificate so far.
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