An estimated 40,000 pour into a park in Uruguay for Pope Leo’s first Mass in South America

Chicago Tribune · Associated Press · 2026-11-07 14:00 UTC

The crowd erupted in the stadium chant of “Olé, olé, olé, olé, Pope, Pope!” when Leo’s plane landed in Paysandú, in western Uruguay on the border with Argentina. They cheered again, blew horns and waved yellow handkerchiefs when he arrived …

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