{
  "id": 17317268,
  "title": "From Montevideo to Luján: Leo XIV’s tour of Uruguay and Argentina",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/31/from-montevideo-to-lujan-leo-xivs-tour-of-uruguay-and-argentina",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-31T01:14:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MercoPress",
    "slug": "mercopress",
    "url": "https://en.mercopress.com/2026/10/31/from-montevideo-to-lujan-leo-xiv-s-tour-of-uruguay-and-argentina"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "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.",
  "summary": "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.",
  "key_points": [
    "Pope Leo XIV begins tour of Uruguay, Argentina, Peru on November 6",
    "First papal visit to Argentina since 1987",
    "Pope to address Argentine authorities and clergy at Palacio Libertad"
  ],
  "editors_take": "This long-awaited South American tour reestablishes a direct papal presence in the region after decades of absence, signaling a renewed diplomatic focus on the Catholic populations of Uruguay and Argentina.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}