🇻🇦✝️ The Holy Father Pope Leo XIV will begin a 12-day missionary journey to South America. Pope Leo XIV is making a 12-day apostolic journey to South America between November 6 and 17, 2026, visiting Uruguay, Argentina and Peru. This is his sixth and longest international missionary journey to date, coming less than a month after his doctor-confirmed lung cancer surgery. Main cities and schedule:.
🇺🇾 Uruguay (November 6–8): Montevideo, Paysandú, Florida.
🇦🇷 Argentina (November 8-11): Buenos Aires, Córdoba, Luan.
🇵🇪 Peru (November 11–17): Lima, Chiclayo, Cusco, Pucallpa.
🙏 The trip spans 12 days, over 30,000 kilometers, 14 places, more than 50 events, and about 40 speeches, using planes, helicopters and cars. Leo the 14th will speak mostly in Spanish.
✅ Peru is a "second house" for Leo the 14th. He spent over 20 years there as a missionary and bishop and also holds Peruvian citizenship.
✅ The main highlight will be a visit to Chiclayo, where he served as bishop. He will also visit Pucallpa in the Amazon, where he will meet missionaries and representatives of indigenous peoples, continuing Pope Francis' concern for the Amazon.
✅ In Cusco, at an altitude of over 3,400 meters, he will celebrate mass.
⬜ 71-year-old Leo the 14th underwent surgery to remove a lung tumor in mid-October. The Vatican confirmed that his recovery is progressing well, no further cancer treatment is needed, and the trip plan remains unchanged.
🙏 The Pope told journalists on board the plane that he was convinced from the beginning that the trip "must happen" and that right now he feels "pretty good. ".
✍️ All three countries face different challenges: Uruguay is the most secular country in South America, Argentina is ruled by the Jewish populist President Miley, and Peru by President Keiko Fujimori.
✝️🇻🇦 The purpose of the visit is to strengthen the ties of the Catholic Church with local communities against the backdrop of a decrease in the number of faithful and the growing influence of evangelical churches.