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Plans for Pope Leo's visit to Argentina ramp up

27-08-2026 00:10 Vatican confirmed earlier this month that the Catholic leader would travel to Uruguay, Argentina and Peru for a tour lasting November 6 to 17.

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Pope Leo’s visit to Argentina confirmed for November

06-08-2026 04:18 Vatican announces pontiff’s regional tour; Catholic leader to visit Argentina from November 8 to 11; During 12-day tour of Latin America, Leo XIV will visit 10 cities in Argentina, Uruguay and Peru.

CATHOLIC CHURCH

Pope Leo expected to visit Argentina in November on three-day stop

24-06-2026 12:21 Argentine military bishop who met with pontiff at the Vatican this week says the itinerary is "practically defined" – though the Holy See has yet to issue an official announcement.

Catholic Church

Milei: 'Highly likely' Pope Leo will visit Argentina in November

26-05-2026 13:26 Argentina's President Javier Milei says it's "highly likely" that Pope Leo XIV will visit in November; Foreign Minister Pablo Quirno is in talks over details of visit, says La Libertad Avanza leader.

AS I SEE IT

The President and the Pope

25-04-2026 06:31 Trump was paying the pontiff a compliment by taking him seriously. Instead of treating Leo’s remarks as the maunderings of an unworldly holy man who should be praised for his idealism and then ignored, as so many regularly do, he thought the Pope’s allusions were worth responding to.

by James Neilson

DEATH OF POPE FRANCIS

Fondness for Pope Francis undimmed on first anniversary of late pontiff's death

21-04-2026 10:05 Pilgrims pray and share memories at the tomb of Pope Francis on the first anniversary of the Argentine pontiff's death.

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Pope Leo highlights poor and marginalised in first-ever text

09-10-2025 18:06 In the first major text of his papacy, Pope Leo calls for a focus on poverty, social justice, and challenges the marginalization of vulnerable communities.

Foreign relations & diplomacy

Social cohesion, poverty top agenda at Milei-Pope meeting

07-06-2025 09:22 Pope León XIV welcomes Argentina’s President Javier Milei at Vatican, where he expresses concern over inequality, poverty and conflict.

PRESIDENT & PONTIFF

Pope Leo XIV confirms Argentina visit during meeting with Milei

07-06-2025 09:12 Catholic leader tells Argentina’s president during one-to-one meeting that he plans to travel to the country. Vatican statement highlights discussions on poverty and social cohesion.

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

President Milei begins 10-day tour of Italy, France, Spain, Israel

05-06-2025 15:34 Javier Milei departs for the longest international tour of his Presidency; La Libertad Avanza leader will meet Pope Leo, Macron and Meloni, but the main event will be his time in Israel.

Foreign relations & diplomacy

Milei to meet Meloni, Pope Leo, Netanyahu on 10-day international tour

31-05-2025 13:08 President’s 10-day tour will be the longest foreign trip so far of term in office; Stops in Rome, with Meloni and Pope meetings on the agenda; Trip to end in Israel, where Milei will address Knesset.

As I see it

Being pope in an irreligious age

17-05-2025 06:28 Leo XIV faces a most difficult dilemma.

by James Neilson

CATHOLIC CHURCH

Leo XIV says Church must fight 'lack of faith' in first mass as pope

09-05-2025 15:19 Pope Leo XIV urges Church to restore the faith of millions in his first homily as pontiff.

CATHOLIC CHURCH

Pride and praise in Peru for Pope Leo who left lasting impression

09-05-2025 08:26 Leo XIV first set foot in Peru some four decades ago as a missionary, before becoming bishop of the diocese of Chiclayo in the northwest of the country and gaining citizenship in 2015.

PROFILE: Leo XIV

New pontiff Leo XIV spent decades amid the poor in Peru

08-05-2025 21:34 Robert Francis Prevost was born in Chicago but also has a Latin American connection, after spending much of his career in Peru before moving to Rome under Francis’ guidance.

REACTION TO NEW POPE

Trump says election of Pope Leo XIV 'great honour' for US

08-05-2025 14:44 US President Donald Trump hails election of Robert Prevost as new pope, says he looks forward to meeting him.

NEW POPE CHOSEN

Soft-spoken Prevost is first pope from the US (and Peru)

08-05-2025 14:32 Italian newspaper La Repubblica has called the new pontiff "the least American of the Americans" for his soft-spoken touch.

NEW POPE IN PLACE

Cardinals choose first US pope in Catholic Church history

08-05-2025 14:24 Robert Francis Prevost of the US becomes pope, will adopt name of Pope Leo XIV.

News of pope leo

Plans for Pope Leo's visit to Argentina ramp up

Pope Leo’s visit to Argentina confirmed for November

Pope Leo expected to visit Argentina in November on three-day stop

Milei: 'Highly likely' Pope Leo will visit Argentina in November

The President and the Pope

Fondness for Pope Francis undimmed on first anniversary of late pontiff's death

Pope Leo highlights poor and marginalised in first-ever text

Social cohesion, poverty top agenda at Milei-Pope meeting

Pope Leo XIV confirms Argentina visit during meeting with Milei

President Milei begins 10-day tour of Italy, France, Spain, Israel

Milei to meet Meloni, Pope Leo, Netanyahu on 10-day international tour

Being pope in an irreligious age

Leo XIV says Church must fight 'lack of faith' in first mass as pope

Pride and praise in Peru for Pope Leo who left lasting impression

New pontiff Leo XIV spent decades amid the poor in Peru

Trump says election of Pope Leo XIV 'great honour' for US

Soft-spoken Prevost is first pope from the US (and Peru)

Cardinals choose first US pope in Catholic Church history

Lionel Messi nears deal to buy another football team

Argentina files lawsuit against oil firms operating off Malvinas

Argentina's PISA scores fall, Milei government blames predecessors

Inflation in Buenos Aires City slowed to 1.7% in August

Six in 10 people in Argentina’s poorest areas borrow to eat

Alejandro Fantino: "Llaryora no perdió nunca una final desde que defiende el título"

Una encuesta revela cómo se divide el electorado entre rechazar a Milei o frenar al peronismo: "Votar al menos peor"

Sentencia: aseguradora no debe indemnizar al dueño de auto robado con las llaves puestas y las puertas abiertas

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Arrestan al matrimonio dueño de una concesionaria: habrían estafado a 47 personas, incluyendo un diputado libertario y el hermano de Pichot