Leo is scheduled to head on to Argentina, where he is due to visit Buenos Aires, Córdoba and Luján. In Peru, the pontiff is also scheduled to appear in…
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Euronews ·
Leo is scheduled to head on to Argentina, where he is due to visit Buenos Aires, Córdoba and Luján. In Peru, the pontiff is also scheduled to appear in Chiclayo, Cusco, and Pucallpa.
The Globe and Mail ·
Vatican officials said Pope Leo is healthy and ready to depart for an intense three-country tour of South America less than a month after his lung cancer surgery, adding that no extra medical precautions were being taken for the trip. Reuters Vatican correspondent Joshua McElwee has more.
Associated Press ·
Pope Leo XIV is returning home to the continent where he spent two decades as a missionary priest and learned to be a pastor, visiting Uruguay, Argentina and his second homeland of Peru. The Nov. 6-17 trip marks the longest and farthest of his papacy and is coming just three weeks after Leo underwent surgery Oct. 13 to remove a cancerous tumor from his right lung. Latin America still is home to around 40% of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics, but the Catholic proportion of the region’s population has shrunk in recent years and the decreases are especially notable in the countries Leo will visit.
Associated Press ·
Pope Leo XIV is kicking off a three-nation tour of Latin America with a visit to Uruguay. The South American country is the region’s least Catholic and most secular country. The trip comes three weeks after he underwent lung cancer surgery that had put the entire trip into question. Leo is due to arrive in Montevideo on Friday after a 13½-hour flight from Rome. He has a packed three-day itinerary including a visit to a neighborhood plagued by gang violence and a Mass in Paysandú. The city is around 375 kilometers or 230 miles from the capital. The pope has another Mass in Florida. That city is about 100 kilometers or 60 miles away from Montevideo. Vatican officials say his stamina is “fantastic” and that he's eager to get on the road.
Associated Press ·
Pope Leo XIV is embarking on the longest and farthest trip of his pontificate three weeks after lung cancer surgery. The U.S.-born Leo is returning home to Peru, where the former Robert Prevost lived for two decades as a missionary priest and learned to be the pastor he is today. Leo is also going to Argentina, the home of his predecessor, Pope Francis. It will be a homecoming of sorts there, too, since Francis never returned to Argentina after his 2013 election, leaving a complicated legacy that Leo will now have to navigate. Leo starts his journey Friday in Uruguay, the least Catholic, most secular country in all of Latin America.