Pope Leo tours South America after surgery

Less than four weeks after lung cancer surgery, Pope Leo is embarking on one of the most gruelling papal tours in decades, visiting 10 cities across Latin America, travelling 31,000km and delivering 36 speeches

URUGUAY

Nov 6: Arrives in capital, Montevideo

Nov 7: Mass in Paysandú; back in Montevideo, visits district of Casavalle; youth prayer vigil at Centenario Stadium

Nov 8: Mass at Florida Cathedral, national shrine of Uruguay’s patroness

ARGENTINA

Nov 8: Arrives in Buenos Aires; meets President Javier Milei

Nov 9: Visits care home for people with disabilities; Mass at Monumento de los Españoles

Nov 10: Mass in Córdoba; youth vigil in Buenos Aires

Nov 11: Visits prison; Mass at Basilica of Our Lady of Luján

PERU

Nov 11: Arrives in Lima; meets President Keiko Fujimori

Nov 12: Holds meeting about Peru’s challenges in Lima’s Cathedral Square; leads youth prayer vigil at Estadio Nacional

Nov 13: Visits former diocese of Chiclayo, where he served as bishop (2015-23). Celebrates outdoor Mass near Pampas de Pimentel. Goes to Santo Toribio de Mogrovejo Catholic University

Nov 14: Crowns statue of Virgin Mary in Chiclayo Cathedral; Mass in Santa Cruz de Succhabamba; close Jubilee Year of St Turibius, 16th-century Archbishop of Lima

Nov 15: Visits Cusco; addresses faithful at Sacsayhuamán archaeological site and leads Angelus; flies to Pucallpa in Amazon, meets Indigenous representatives

Nov 16: Visits elderly care home; celebrates final Mass at Las Palmas Air Base; departs for Rome

310 miles
500km
PERU
ARGENTINA
URUGUAY
Paysandú
Buenos Aires
Florida
Córdoba
Lima
Cusco
Chiclayo
Santa Cruz de Succhabamba
Luján
Pucallpa
Montevideo

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