Pope Leo XIV arrives in Argentina, Digi Mart USA News: Pope Leo XIV arrived at midday (Central Mexico time) in Argentina, the second country on his Latin America tour, where he is scheduled to meet President Javier Milei.
The visit comes amid tensions in the country over harsh austerity measures, which the Church has criticized. The pontiff traveled from Uruguay to Argentina after spending three days there.
In Uruguay, Pope Leo XIV held a mass attended by 50,000 people in Florida, a city near Montevideo, before continuing his journey. On the afternoon of November 8, his plane departed from Carrasco International Airport in Montevideo at 3:52 p.m.
local time, bound for Aeroparque Jorge Newbery in Buenos Aires.
Uruguayan President Yamandú Orsi saw the pope off at the Uruguayan Air Force military air base. After greeting the Uruguayan delegation, the pope was driven to the airport’s commercial area, where he said goodbye to the head of state and boarded a Boeing 737 MAX operated by Aerolíneas Argentinas.
While flying over Uruguayan airspace at the end of his apostolic visit, Pope Leo XIV sent a telegram to the Uruguayan president. In it, he expressed gratitude to the authorities and people of Uruguay for their warm welcome and generous hospitality, and said he would continue praying for the well-being of all, invoking God’s abundant blessings on the Uruguayan people.
