Pope Leo XIV announces Latin America tour, returning to Peru and visiting Argentina for first time since 1987
The pontiff will visit Uruguay, Argentina, and Peru from November 6–17, retracing his decades as a missionary priest.
What to know
- Pope Leo XIV's November 6–17 tour marks his first trip to Latin America as pontiff and the longest of his papacy to date, spanning Uruguay, Argentina, and Peru.
- The visit returns the U.S.-born pontiff to Peru, where he spent two decades as a missionary priest and bishop in Chiclayo before his 2013 election.
- Argentina will receive its first papal visit since 1987, as predecessor Pope Francis never returned after his 2013 election, citing a desire to avoid boosting any ruling party.
- Leo will meet President Javier Milei in Buenos Aires and visit a disability care home, highlighting tensions between the church's emphasis on social justice and Milei's austerity measures.
“walked alongside their bishop, shared their faith, and given so much to continue being a faithful Church of Jesus Christ.”
Pope Leo XIV · Chicago Tribune ↗ · Sep 20
Pope Leo XIV Pontiff
Javier Milei President of Argentina
Pope Francis Former Pope (deceased 2025)
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Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass in Peru's Cusco and Amazonian forest — Leo will meet with popular groups in Cusco in the Peruvian Andes and later travel to Pucallpa deep in Peru's Amazonian forest to celebrate Mass and honor Peru's Indigenous peoples.
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Pope Leo XIV arrives in Peru to retrace his missionary roots — Leo arrives in Lima and will spend the bulk of his visit in Peru through November 16, including time in his former diocese of Chiclayo where he served as bishop from 2014–2023 before being brought to the Vatican by Pope Francis to head the office for bishops.
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Pope Leo XIV arrives in Argentina and meets President Javier Milei — Leo arrives in Buenos Aires where government officials expect 7 million people to turn out. He will meet libertarian President Javier Milei and visit the Don Orione care home south of Buenos Aires, an institution housing more than 300 people with disabilities—a visit carrying political overtones given Milei's cuts to disability funding.
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Pope Leo XIV begins Latin America tour in Uruguay — The papal tour begins in Uruguay, where Leo will mark the Catholic feast day of Our Lady of the Thirty-Three on November 8, the country's patron saint, and celebrate Mass at the National Shrine in Florida.
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Vatican releases itinerary for Pope Leo XIV's November Latin America tour
The Vatican published a detailed itinerary on Monday for Pope Leo XIV's first visit to Latin America as pontiff, scheduled for November 6–17. The trip will span Uruguay, Argentina, and Peru, covering just over 31,000 kilometers (19,000 miles) of flight time—nearly double his April Africa tour.
“Pope Leo XIV will retrace his steps as a missionary priest when he returns home to Peru in November in his longest trip to date that will also take him to Uruguay and Argentina, where his Argentine predecessor Pope Francis never returned.”
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Pope Leo XIV will retrace his steps as a missionary priest when he returns to Peru in November in his longest trip to date that will also take him to Uruguay and Argentina.
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