From Montevideo to Luján: Leo XIV’s tour of Uruguay and Argentina
Pope Leo XIV will begin a tour of South America in Montevideo on November 6 that will take him to Uruguay, Argentina and Peru, with open-air Masses, meetings with Presidents Yamandú Orsi and Javier Milei, and events with young people, workers and prisoners. His stop in Argentina, from November 8 to 11, will be the first papal visit to the country since John Paul II’s in April 1987.
Pope Leo XIV will embark on a tour of Uruguay, Argentina, and Peru starting November 6. The 71-year-old pontiff, born in Chicago, will visit Uruguay as part of his first papal visit to the country since John Paul II's in 1987, after a tour of South America. His Argentine sojourn, from November 8-11, marks the first papal visit to the nation since 1987.
Leo XIV, who was recovering from lung cancer surgery, canceled a helicopter trip to Assisi, but Vatican has not announced any further changes to his schedule. The Pope will kick off his Argentine tour with an open-air Mass at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Buenos Aires on November 8, followed by a meeting with President Javier Milei at the Casa Rosada.
He will also address authorities, civil society, and the diplomatic corps at the Palacio Libertad. The visit will culminate with a Mass at the Basilica of Our Lady of Luján, the country's main shrine, on November 11.
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