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Vast crowds fill Buenos Aires as Pope Leo hails strength of South American Church

Vast crowds fill Buenos Aires as Pope Leo hails strength of South American Church

By Joshua McElwee and Leila Miller BUENOS AIRES, Nov 9 (Reuters) - Vast crowds thronged one of the main boulevards in Buenos Aires on Monday as Pope Leo rejoiced at the strength of the Catholic Church in South America during an outdoor Mass that officials said could draw 1.5 million on the first

Pope wraps up Uruguay visit and heads to most fraught stop of his tour in Milei's Argentina

Pope wraps up Uruguay visit and heads to most fraught stop of his tour in Milei's Argentina

Pope Leo XIV is wrapping up his visit to Uruguay by marking an important Catholic feast day that is tied to the country’s independence

Huge crowds gather in Buenos Aires for Pope Leo's outdoor Mass

Huge crowds gather in Buenos Aires for Pope Leo's outdoor Mass

By Joshua McElwee and Leila Miller BUENOS AIRES, Nov 9 (Reuters) - Throngs of people were gathering on Monday on one of the main boulevards in Buenos Aires as Pope Leo was due to arrive for an outdoor Mass that city officials said could attract more than 1.5 million people.

Pope visits care home in Argentina for people with disabilities to press economic message

Pope visits care home in Argentina for people with disabilities to press economic message

Pope Leo XIV has renewed his call for Argentina to protect its most vulnerable people, visiting a home for people with disabilities in a symbolically powerful rebuke of President Javier Milei’s austerity measures

Pope visits struggling Argentine home for people with disabilities to press economic message

Pope visits struggling Argentine home for people with disabilities to press economic message

Pope Leo XIV is doubling down on his call for Argentina to look out for the weakest

Pope Leo arrives in Milei's Argentina as tensions loom over austerity, Iran

Pope Leo arrives in Milei's Argentina as tensions loom over austerity, Iran

By Joshua McElwee and Leila Miller BUENOS AIRES, Nov 8 (Reuters) - Pope Leo arrived in Argentina from Uruguay on Sunday for the second leg of a 12-day tour across South America, ahead of a closely watched speech to Argentine President Javier Milei, a libertarian seen as a close ally of US President

Huge crowds greet Pope Leo with chants at Buenos Aires outdoor Mass

Huge crowds greet Pope Leo with chants at Buenos Aires outdoor Mass

By Joshua McElwee and Leila Miller BUENOS AIRES, Nov 9 (Reuters) - Vast crowds thronged one of the main boulevards in Buenos Aires on Monday as Pope Leo arrived for an outdoor Mass that city officials said could draw more than 1.5 million people in a first papal trip to Argentina for nearly four

Pope Leo tells Argentina's Trump-ally Milei that leaders must know limits of power

Pope Leo tells Argentina's Trump-ally Milei that leaders must know limits of power

By Joshua McElwee and Leila Miller BUENOS AIRES, Nov 8 (Reuters) - Pope Leo on Sunday urged Argentina to safeguard its democracy in a closely watched speech to President Javier Milei, a close ally of US President Donald Trump, during the second stop of a 12-day South American tour by the Catholic

Pope Leo heads to Milei's Argentina as tensions loom over austerity, Iran

Pope Leo heads to Milei's Argentina as tensions loom over austerity, Iran

By Leila Miller and Joshua McElwee MONTEVIDEO, Nov 8 (Reuters) - Pope Leo heads on Sunday to Argentina on the second leg of a 12-day tour across South America, where the first US-born pope will give a closely watched speech to Argentine President Javier Milei, a libertarian seen as a close ally of

Millions fill Buenos Aires streets as Pope Leo hails strength of South American Church

Millions fill Buenos Aires streets as Pope Leo hails strength of South American Church

By Joshua McElwee and Leila Miller BUENOS AIRES, Nov 9 (Reuters) - Vast crowds thronged one of the main boulevards in Buenos Aires on Monday as Pope Leo rejoiced at the strength of the Catholic Church in South America during an outdoor Mass that officials said drew a record crowd of 2.5 million

Pope ‘proud to be an American’ after US elections, and credits God and doctors with cancer rebound

Pope ‘proud to be an American’ after US elections, and credits God and doctors with cancer rebound

Pope Leo XIV says that he was “proud to be an American and to exercise the right” to vote in U.S. midterm elections that gave control of Congress to the Democrats in a repudiation of U.S. President Donald Trump and his policies

Pope Leo arrives for South America 'homecoming' tour a month after lung surgery

Pope Leo arrives for South America 'homecoming' tour a month after lung surgery

By Joshua McElwee MONTEVIDEO, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Pope Leo arrived in Uruguay on Friday to kick off a 12-day trip across South America expected to attract crowds in the millions, as the first US-born pope returns to a Catholic stronghold region where he lived for decades as a missionary.