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Pope Leo XIV will visit Uruguay, Argentina and Peru in his first Latin American trip as pontiff

Pope Leo XIV will visit Uruguay, Argentina and Peru in his first Latin American trip as pontiff

The Nov. 6-17 trip will include stops in Montevideo, Paysandú and Florida in Uruguay; Buenos Aires, Córdoba and Luján in Argentina; and Lima, Chiclayo, Cusco and Pucallpa in Peru.

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The organ of the John Cage organ project is illuminated prior to a ‘sound change’ at the Buchardi Church in Halberstadt, Germany, Sept. 5, 2020. (Credit: Markus Schreiber/AP.)

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Pope Leo XIV celebrated America's 250th birthday with U.S. Ambassador Brian Burch, his wife Sara Burch, and their family in Rome, Italy, on July 4, 2026. (Credit: U.S. Department of State.)

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Pope Leo XIV waves as he leaves Pavia’s Cathedral, northern Italy, Saturday, June 20, 2026. (Credit: Antonio Calanni/AP.)

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Pope Leo XIV presides over a Mass marking the Catholic feast of Corpus Christi at Plaza de Cibeles in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, June 7, 2026, on the second day of his seven-day apostolic visit to mainland Spain and the Canary Islands. (Credit: Manu Fernandez/AP.)

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Pope Francis greets then-Jesuit Father Marko Rupnik during a private audience at the Vatican in this Jan. 3, 2022. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

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A cross is silhouetted against a stained glass window inside a Catholic Church in New Orleans on Dec. 1, 2012. (Credit: Gerald Herbert/AP.)

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Patti Smith meeting Pope Leo XIV in the Vatican on July 31, 2026. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

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