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In his address to authorities upon his arrival in Argentina, the Pope calls for authority exercised as service, stronger democratic institutions, dialogue across political differences, and economic policies that leave no one behind.
Upon arriving in Argentina, Pope Leo XIV makes a stop at the San Martín monument in Buenos Aires.
Our correspondent in Argentina, Fr. Paul Samasumo, shares the excitement in Buenos Aires as the city and the people welcome Pope Leo XIV on his Apostolic Journey to Argentina.
Pope Leo XIV is welcomed at Buenos Aires’ International Airport by President Javier Milei, following his visit to Uruguay.
Pope Leo XIV concludes his Apostolic Journey to Uruguay a heartfelt invitation to families and all generations to keep sowing faith.
In the wake of a shooting in Krakow’s Main Market Square that killed six people and injured fifteen others, Pope Leo expresses his sorrow for the lives lost, assures everyone of his prayers and spiritual closeness, and calls for efforts to tirelessly pursue peace and harmony.
Presiding at Mass at the National Shrine of Our Lady of the Thirty-Three, Pope Leo XIV challenges the Uruguayan people to follow Mary’s example of faith, and stresses that “from the earliest days of the nation’s founding, Uruguay has been intimately linked to a Mother.”
Making a stop at the parish of Saint Thérèse in Juanicó, Montevideo, to greet the faithful, Pope Leo XIV encourages them to recognise that God’s grace and love “are always with us,” and recalls that his family maintains a great devotion to Saint Thérèse.
Our Editorial Director, Andrea Tornielli, reflects on Pope Leo XIV's address to young people in Uruguay, in which the Pope sets out the task facing Christians in every corner of the world.
During a prayer vigil in Uruguay, Pope Leo XIV urges the faithful not to settle for a merely decent life or habitual faith, but to give themselves completely to the Lord, finding in Him their true joy and fulfillment.
Pope Leo XIV visits the Catholic University of Uruguay in Montevideo, and urges everyone involved in education to reject the temptation to belittle others but to listen with respect.
Meeting with the disadvantaged Casavalle Community in Uruguay, Pope Leo XIV says Christians cannot turn a blind eye or silence our consciences in the face of injustice, and calls for the Church and civil society to work together to promote the common good.