Pope Draws Huge Crowds at Argentina Shrine Before Peru Homecoming
The pope drew about 2 million people at his final Argentina event before continuing a South America tour that includes a personal return to Peru.
- Pope Leo XIV concluded his Argentina visit on Wednesday, drawing 2 million people to the Basilica of Lujan before departing for Peru to continue his 12-day South America tour.
- The US-born pontiff returns to the place he served as a missionary for about 20 years, undertaking this intense trip shortly after undergoing surgery for lung cancer.
- Throughout his visit, Leo drew more than 6 million people while criticizing President Javier Milei's social program cuts; he also visited Buenos Aires' Devoto prison, telling around 75 inmates, "Human beings often flourish through limits rather than despite them."
- Upon arriving in Peru, Leo will address President Keiko Fujimori, who was elected this year amid controversy; academic Jose Luis Guadalupe Pérez noted the pope is "bound to step on some toes."
- The tour includes visits to the Amazon, Chiclayo, and Cuzco at 3,400 metres altitude, while Leo's past criticism of Keiko's late father, President Alberto Fujimori, creates potential tension regarding Peru's political past.
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"During these days, I could see the richness of Argentina, not only in its geography, but also in its people — in each of the meetings, in the squares and in the streets, in the creativity, in the spontaneity and in the life that overflows at every step," the Pope said during the Mass
More than two million people attended on Wednesday in Luján, the most important place of pilgrimage of Argentina, a last Mass of Pope Leo XIV in the country, before his departure for Peru, the culmination of his tour in Latin America. The point since Bogotá with Léa Hurel, correspondent of France 24.
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Pope draws huge crowds at Argentina shrine before Peru homecoming
Pope Leo drew huge crows wherever he went in Argentina. He is seen above arriving to celebrate a mass at the Military Aviation School on the grounds of the Argentine Aircraft Factory (FAdeA).
Pope draws two million at final Argentina event ahead of Peru homecoming
Pope Leowrapped up his visit to Argentina on Wednesday with a final event drawing 2 million people, before continuing on his 12-day South America tour with a visit to Peru in an emotional homecoming for the first Peruvian citizen to lead the Catholic Church. Leo, on a three-nation tour through November 17, celebrated an outdoor […]
Pope Leo wraps up Argentina visit, heads to Peru
Pope Leo is wrapping up his visit to Argentina on Wednesday with a final event expected to draw millions, before continuing on his 12-day South America tour with a visit to Peru in an emotional homecoming for the first Peruvian citizen to lead the Catholic Church. Leo, on a three-nation tour through November 17, will celebrate an outdoor Mass at the shrine of Our Lady of Lujan, Argentina's most important Catholic devotional site, where throngs o…
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