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Pope starts Latin America tour in Uruguay
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MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay -- Three weeks after lung cancer surgery, Pope Leo XIV opened a three-nation tour of Latin America on Friday by declaring he felt better than he looked and crediting God, good doctors and his healthy lifestyle with his quick recovery.
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Pope Leo XIV will travel to the Latin American countries of Uruguay, Argentina and Peru Nov. 6-17, just over three weeks after undergoing lung surgery to treat cancer. The 71-year-old pontiff faces a grueling itinerary, delivering 36 speeches during his...
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.
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 pontiff will hold meetings and celebrate Mass in Uruguay, Argentina and Peru, with the latter attracting particular interest. The trip will be the longest and farthest of his papacy so far.
Pope Leo XIV is kicking off a three-nation tour of Latin America with a visit to Uruguay, three weeks after undergoing lung cancer surgery that had put the entire trip into question.
By Christopher Lamb, CNN Rome (CNN) — Just over three weeks ago, the most significant visit of Pope Leo’s pontificate looked to be in doubt. The 71-year-old’s lung cancer surgery led some in the Vatican to believe his trip to Latin America would be postponed or its intense schedule adjusted.
It’s a schedule that would tax anyone, let alone Pope Leo XIV, 71, who less than four weeks ago was diagnosed with lung cancer and underwent surgery to remove a lobe of his right lung.
Pope Leo XIV said he was confident his South American trip would proceed despite recent lung cancer surgery, crediting his doctors and faith for his recovery. He also said he was proud to vote as an American in the U.S. midterms, while declining to comment on the results.
Pope Leo XIV returns to Latin America where he spent two decades as a missionary priest and learned to be a pastor. During the trip, he will visit Uruguay, Argentina and his second homeland of Peru. The Nov.
Pope Leo touched down in Uruguay on Friday to begin a 12-day tour of South America that will also see him visit Argentina and Peru. The tour is seen as something of a homecoming for the pontiff who lived in Peru for almost two decades and holds joint US and Peruvian citizenship.
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay -- Three weeks after lung cancer surgery, Pope Leo XIV opened a three-nation tour of Latin America on Friday by declaring he felt better than he looked and crediting God, good doctors and his healthy lifestyle with his quick recovery.
Three weeks after undergoing surgery for lung cancer, Pope Francis has begun a three-nation tour of Latin America, saying he felt better than he looked. His first stop is Uruguay, the continent’s most secular country. Jack Pownall reports.
Pope Leo XIV urged Catholics in Uruguay to build bridges of faith and fraternity on the second day of his 12-day tour of Uruguay, Argentina and Peru. The pope's three-country tour comes just three weeks after he underwent surgery for lung cancer.
Pope Leo XIV arrived in Montevideo to begin a 12-day tour of Uruguay, Argentina and Peru, weeks after lung surgery and amid major events for Catholic vocations.
Pope Leo heads to Argentina for the second leg of his South America tour, where he's expected to draw the biggest turnout of his Papacy so far. The pontiff has wrapped up his first visit to Uruguay. Colleen Dulle, Vatican Correspondent at America Magazine and the co-host of the 'Inside the Vatican' …
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