Pope Leo XIV visit to Our Lady of Guadalupe parish in Montevideo, Digi Mart USA News (Montevideo, Uruguay): Pope Leo XIV will visit Our Lady of Guadalupe parish on Saturday, November 7, but the stop will not take place at the Basilica in Mexico City. Instead, the pope will visit a parish in the Casavalle neighborhood of Montevideo, Uruguay, as part of his apostolic tour of South America.
The clarification follows a statement by María Montserrat Alvarado, prefect of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Communication, that the pontiff would visit Our Lady of Guadalupe, which raised expectations of a possible visit to Mexico. According to the official Holy See itinerary, Leo XIV will meet with members of the parish community at 5:00 p.m.
local time on November 7.
The apostolic tour through South America covers three countries with activities scheduled during November, and Mexico is not included in the route. The Vatican has not confirmed a date for a possible visit to Mexico or added the country to the pontiff’s November agenda.
Leo XIV has expressed a desire to visit the Basilica of Guadalupe, one of the most important Catholic shrines in the country, since November 2025. President Claudia Sheinbaum has also extended a formal invitation for the pope to visit Mexico, saying the offer remains open and that the Vatican had communicated the pontiff’s interest in getting to know the country.
Dates that have been mentioned as possibilities for a future trip include 2027 and 2031, the year marking 500 years since the Guadalupan event. None of these options has been officially confirmed by the Holy See.
