Pope will wrap up Argentina tour with a visit to a prison and a shrine before heading home to Peru
The pope urged inmates to use confinement as a chance for redemption before a final Mass at Argentina’s national shrine.
- Pope Leo XIV concludes his Argentina visit today with two poignant stops: Devoto Prison and the Luj Basilica, both sites holding deep sentimental connections to Pope Francis.
- Devoto Prison, a former military dictatorship detention center, is undergoing closure. In 1978, the Seventh Pavilion Massacre killed 65 prisoners; a federal court recently sentenced former prison chiefs Juan Carlos Ruiz and Horacio Mart for their roles.
- Human rights activist lawyers have petitioned courts to prevent the site's disposal, arguing "the space must be preserved until the investigations regarding the crimes against humanity that occurred" are finalized.
- Following the prison visit, Leo will pilgrimage to the Luj Basilica, dedicated to the Virgin. The shrine recently hosted more than 2.8 million people despite persistent rain, a record for the site.
- Known as Padre Robert in Peru, Leo returns there later today after spending over two decades as a missionary priest and bishop. He continues Pope Francis's legacy of visiting inmates during foreign trips.
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The pope ends an emotional Argentina visit with a plea for unity and reconciliation
Pope Leo XIV is wrapping up his visit to Argentina with two poignant moments. He told inmates at a prison linked to the country’s military dictatorship on Wednesday that there's always hope for redemption. He will also celebrate a final…
Pope Leo XIV gathered two million people on Wednesday (11) at his last Mass in Argentina, celebrated in the Basilica of Luján, the most sacred shrine in the country. On the last day of his visit, before embarking to Peru, where he spent almost two decades as a missionary, the pontiff also visited a group of prisoners in the prison of Devote and encouraged them to resume their lives after hearing several testimonies.
The prison, which housed some 1,600 inmates and will soon be deactivated, became semi-empty after the government moved most of the inmates to another prison, a few weeks before the pope arrived.
Pope concludes this Wednesday his visit to Argentina and travels to Peru
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Lion to the prisoners: 'I know you are disappointed but a new beginning is possible'. Last day for the Pontiff in Argentina, then traveling to Peru (ANSA)
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