Pope Leo XIV begins 12-day trip to Uruguay, Argentina and Peru on Friday
The pope leaves Rome on Friday, November 6, for a 12-day visit to Uruguay, Argentina and Peru that includes Masses, prayer vigils and meetings with Catholic communities, young people and officials
Pope Leo XIV begins a 12-day apostolic journey to Uruguay, Argentina and Peru on Friday, November 6. He will celebrate Masses, lead prayer vigils and meet Catholic communities, young people, bishops, priests and people cared for by the Church's social institutions.
According to the program released by the Holy See, the pope will leave Rome at 7 a.m. on Friday and land in Montevideo at 4:30 p.m. local time (8:30 p.m. in Spain). He will stay in Uruguay until Sunday, November 8, when the Argentine leg begins. He will travel to Peru on Wednesday, November 11, remain there until Monday, November 16, and return to Rome on Tuesday, November 17.
Uruguay: Masses, visits to social works and a vigil with young people
The trip opens in Uruguay. On Friday, November 6, after the welcome ceremony in Plaza Independencia, Leo XIV will call on the president at the José Artigas building and lead Vespers in the metropolitan cathedral of Montevideo.
On Saturday, November 7, the pope will travel to Paysandú to celebrate Mass in Parque París Londres at 10 a.m. local time (2 p.m. in Spain). In the afternoon he will return to Montevideo to visit the parish of Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe in Casavalle, meet people working in education and take part in a prayer vigil at the Estadio Centenario at 7 p.m. local time (11 p.m. in Spain).
On Sunday, November 8, he will celebrate Mass in the square outside the Cathedral Basilica of Florida at 10:30 a.m. local time (2:30 p.m. in Spain), next to the National Shrine of Our Lady of the Thirty-Three, before flying to Argentina.
Argentina: social institutions and a youth vigil
The Argentine leg runs from Sunday, November 8, to Wednesday, November 11. On Monday, November 9, the pope will visit the Pequeño Cottolengo Don Orione in Claypole, near Buenos Aires, and celebrate Mass at the Monumento de los Españoles at 11:30 a.m. local time (3:30 p.m. in Spain). In the afternoon he will meet Christian leaders and representatives of other religious traditions at the Palacio San Martín, then lead Vespers in the metropolitan cathedral of Buenos Aires.
On Tuesday, November 10, he will travel to Córdoba to celebrate Mass at the Escuela de Aviación Militar, the air force academy, at 10 a.m. local time (2 p.m. in Spain). He will meet bishops and pastoral workers in the cathedral of Córdoba and return to Buenos Aires to lead a vigil with young people at the Monumento de los Españoles at 8:15 p.m. local time (12:15 a.m. Wednesday, November 11, in Spain).
On Wednesday, November 11, he will visit the Federal Penitentiary Complex of Buenos Aires and celebrate Mass in the square outside the Basilica of Our Lady of Luján at 10 a.m. local time (2 p.m. in Spain), before leaving for Peru.
Peru: a return to Chiclayo and a meeting with Amazonian peoples
The Peruvian leg runs from Wednesday, November 11, to Monday, November 16. The pope will arrive in Lima on the afternoon of November 11. He will visit the Palacio de Gobierno and call on the Peruvian president, and meet officials at the Gran Teatro Nacional.
On Thursday, November 12, in Lima, he will meet the Peruvian bishops, pray Midday Prayer in the cathedral of Lima at 10:20 a.m. local time (4:20 p.m. in Spain) and lead a prayer vigil with young people and university students at 6 p.m. local time (12 a.m. Friday, November 13, in Spain).
On Friday, November 13, Leo XIV will travel to Chiclayo, the diocese he led as bishop, to celebrate Mass in the Pampas de Pimentel at 10:30 a.m. local time (4:30 p.m. in Spain). He will visit the chapel of San Óscar A. Romero and meet the local Church community and university students.
On Saturday, November 14, he will lead the crowning of the Immaculate Virgin in the cathedral of Santa María at 8 a.m. local time (2 p.m. in Spain), then travel by helicopter to Santa Cruz de Succhabamba to celebrate Mass at 11 a.m. local time (5 p.m. in Spain). In the afternoon he will take part in a prayer gathering closing the Jubilee Year of St. Toribio de Mogrovejo at 5:30 p.m. local time (11:30 p.m. in Spain).
On Sunday, November 15, the pope will visit Cusco for a meeting with the faithful at Saqsaywaman at 10:30 a.m. local time (4:30 p.m. in Spain) and lead the Angelus in the cathedral square at 11:45 a.m. local time (5:45 p.m. in Spain). He will then fly to Pucallpa, in the Peruvian Amazon, where he will meet missionaries and representatives of the Amazonian peoples and celebrate Mass at the Villa Deportiva Regional Ucayali at 4:45 p.m. local time (10:45 p.m. in Spain). He will return to Lima that night.
On Monday, November 16, in Lima, Leo XIV will visit the care home of the Little Sisters of the Abandoned Elderly and celebrate Mass at the Las Palmas Air Base at 10:30 a.m. local time (4:30 p.m. in Spain), before departing for Rome.
How to follow the trip
Official information about the journey will be available through the Holy See's communications channels. Vatican News will provide news coverage, and the official trip page on Vatican.va will collect the documents connected with the visit.
The pope's speeches, homilies and messages will be published on the Holy See's official sites as each day of the trip unfolds.
Based on reporting by Javier Ruiz Arregui for Iglesia Noticias. This article was translated and adapted from Spanish with the help of artificial intelligence.
