Pope Leo XIV will make his first journey to Latin America as pontiff in November, visiting Uruguay, Argentina, and Peru
VATICAN CITY — VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV will make his first journey to Latin America as pontiff in November, returning to a area the place he spent a lot of his ministry, with visits to Uruguay, Argentina and Peru, the Vatican introduced Wednesday.
The Nov. 6-17 journey will embody stops in Montevideo, Paysandú and Florida in Uruguay; Buenos Aires, Córdoba and Luján in Argentina; and Lima, Chiclayo, Cusco and Pucallpa in Peru.
The go to is particularly important due to Leo’s longstanding ties to Peru. The first U.S.-born pope spent many years there as a missionary and church chief and served as bishop of Chiclayo from 2015 to 2023. He additionally holds Peruvian citizenship.
His return to Chiclayo, the diocese he led earlier than his election, is anticipated to be one of many key moments of the journey.
Leo may also go to Argentina, the homeland of his predecessor, late Pope Francis. Regardless of repeated invites, Francis, the primary Latin American pope, by no means returned to Argentina throughout his 12-year papacy.
The Vatican mentioned Leo will likely be in Uruguay from Nov. 6-8, Argentina from Nov. 8-11 and Peru from Nov. 11-17. An in depth itinerary will likely be launched later.
The Latin America journey will observe Leo’s Sept. 25-28 go to to France, his first journey to the nation as pope and a part of an more and more energetic journey schedule within the early months of his hold forth.
