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Pope Leo XIV arrives in Uruguay at start of South American tour less than a month after lung surgery
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The 71-year-old pope arrived in Montevideo, Uruguay, Latin America’s most secular country, after a 13 1/2-hour flight from Rome during which he acknowledged “some people” had doubted whether he could make the grueling, 12-day trip at all.
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Pope Leo XIV's South American tour is eagerly anticipated by Catholics across the continent, especially those who knew then-Bishop Robert Prevost during his years in the Diocese of Chiclayo, Peru.
Pope Leo XIV’s November tour of Uruguay, Argentina and Peru brings him back to Peru, where nearly two decades as a missionary, priest and bishop deeply shaped his outlook. Vatican figures show nearly 77 million Catholics across the three countries, alongside broad declines in baptisms and religious …
The pope will begin the trip in Uruguay, then travel to Argentina for three days, in the first papal visit to Argentina since Pope John Paul II traveled to the country in 1987, then close out the trip with six days in Peru.
Pope Leo XIV has arrived in Uruguay to start a three-nation tour of South America. This visit comes less than a month after his lung surgery and marks the first papal visit to Uruguay in nearly four decades. Uruguay, known for its secularism, separated church and state over a century ago.
The 71-year-old pope arrived in Montevideo, Uruguay, Latin America’s most secular country, after a 13 1/2-hour flight from Rome during which he acknowledged “some people” had doubted whether he could make the grueling, 12-day trip at all.
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — Pope Leo XIV arrived in Uruguay on Friday to begin a three-nation South American tour, less than a month after lung surgery and eight years after a pope last visited the continent.
Pope Leo has arrived in Uruguay at the start of a 12-day trip through three South American nations. His trip, which is intense with a packed itinerary, comes just weeks after his lung cancer surgery.
Pope Leo XIV has returned to Latin America, where he spent two decades as a missionary priest, for a visit to Uruguay, Argentina and Peru, his second homeland. The longest trip of his papacy comes just weeks after surgery to remove a cancerous tumor from his lung.
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