{"id":2064,"date":"2026-08-05T16:30:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T16:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.asianewscast.com\/?p=2064"},"modified":"2026-08-05T16:30:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T16:30:15","slug":"pope-leo-xiv-to-visit-peru-argentina-and-uruguay-in-november","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.asianewscast.com\/?p=2064","title":{"rendered":"Pope Leo XIV to visit Peru, Argentina and Uruguay in November"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"rich-share\" data-testid=\"rich-share\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__divider\">\n<div class=\"listen-to-article\"><button class=\"listen-to-article__button\" data-testid=\"listen-to-article-button\"><title>Listen<\/title>Listen (3 mins)<\/button><\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-share__update-reading-list-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"update-reading-list\">\n<p class=\"update-reading-list__button-text\">Save<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-share__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__button-wrapper\"><button 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trip to Latin America as head of the Catholic Church in November.<\/p>\n<p>The Vatican announced on Wednesday that Leo will travel to the three South American countries \u2014 Uruguay, Argentina and Peru \u2014 from November 6 to 17.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 4 items<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"more-on__list\">\n<li class=\"more-on__article\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list 1 of 4<\/span><a class=\"more-on__link\" href=\"\/news\/2026\/7\/2\/what-is-the-society-of-st-pius-x-why-pope-leo-excommunicated-its-bishops\">What is the Society of St Pius X? Why Pope Leo excommunicated its members<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"more-on__article\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list 2 of 4<\/span><a class=\"more-on__link\" href=\"\/video\/newsfeed\/2026\/7\/3\/who-are-the-rogue-bishops-defying-pope-leo-xiv\">Who are the rogue bishops defying Pope Leo XIV?<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"more-on__article\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list 3 of 4<\/span><a class=\"more-on__link\" href=\"\/news\/2026\/7\/3\/pope-leo-mamdani-send-pro-immigrant-message-for-uss-250th-anniversary\">Pope Leo, Mamdani send pro-immigrant message for US\u2019s 250th anniversary<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"more-on__article\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list 4 of 4<\/span><a class=\"more-on__link\" href=\"\/news\/2026\/7\/4\/pope-urges-protection-integration-of-migrants-on-visit-to-island-frontier\">Pope Leo urges migrant protection, integration on visit to Lampedusa<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>Pope Leo\u2019s stop in Peru is especially significant. He spent decades, on and off, in the Andean country, first as a missionary and later as a bishop for the Diocese of Chiclayo in northern Peru.<\/p>\n<p>The trip will also mark the first papal visit to Argentina and Uruguay in nearly 40 years.<\/p>\n<p>The itinerary includes stops in the cities of Montevideo, Paysandu and Florida in Uruguay from November 6 to 8; Buenos Aires, Cordoba and Lujan in Argentina from November 8 to 11; and Lima, Chiclayo, Cusco and Pucallpa in Peru from November 11 to 17. More details about the pope\u2019s itinerary will be released closer to the trip.<\/p>\n<p>Pope Leo\u2019s return to Chiclayo is likely to be one of the most emotional moments of the tour.<\/p>\n<p>Although born in Chicago, Pope Leo first arrived in Peru in 1985 at age 30. Over the next three decades, he moved between the United States and Peru as a missionary.<\/p>\n<p>In 2014, <a href=\"\/news\/2025\/4\/22\/when-and-how-did-pope-francis-die-a-look-at-the-pontiffs-last-days\">Pope Francis<\/a> appointed him to the Diocese of Chiclayo. He became a Peruvian citizen the following year and led the diocese until 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Upon his <a href=\"\/news\/2025\/5\/8\/a-new-pope-has-been-elected-white-smoke-pours-from-sistine-chapel-chimney\">election<\/a> as pope in 2025, he thanked the diocese in his inaugural address \u2014 and the city embraced him as the first \u201cpapa chiclayano\u201d, the first pope from Chiclayo. Thousands of people gathered in Chiclayo\u2019s main square to <a href=\"\/news\/2025\/5\/21\/a-pontiff-from-chiclayo-how-peru-is-reacting-to-pope-leo-xiv\">celebrate<\/a> the results of the papal conclave.<\/p>\n<div class=\"container--ads in-article-ads\">\n<div class=\"ads\"><span class=\"ads__title\"> Advertisement <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Argentina leg of the visit is also heavily symbolic. Leo\u2019s predecessor, Pope Francis, was born in Argentina but never returned to his home country during his 12-year papacy, despite repeated invitations from multiple presidents.<\/p>\n<p>Pope Francis made his final trip to South America in 2018, when he visited Peru and Chile. Pope Leo will become the first pope to visit Argentina since John Paul II travelled there in 1987.<\/p>\n<p>Latin America and the Caribbean are considered the regions with the largest Catholic populations.<\/p>\n<p>In a survey of religious distribution in 2013, the Pew Research Center indicated that 39 percent of the world\u2019s Catholics were located in Latin America and the Caribbean, compared to 24 percent in Europe, the next largest region.<\/p>\n<p>But\u00a0the Catholic Church is grappling with declining influence across Latin America. Polling by the public opinion firm Latinobarometro found the share of people in the region who identify as Catholic fell from about 80 percent in 1995 to 54 percent in 2024. Evangelical Christianity, meanwhile, has seen its influence grow in the region.<\/p>\n<p>Since assuming the papacy,\u00a0Pope Leo has ramped up his international travel schedule.<\/p>\n<p>Before heading to South America, he is due to visit France from September 25 to 28, his first trip to the country as pope, and he visited four African countries, as well as Spain, earlier this year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ListenListen (3 mins) Save Click here to share on social media share-nodes Share facebookxwhatsapp-strokecopylink googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Pope Leo XIV attends a weekly general audience at St Peter&#8217;s Basilica in the Vatican on August 5, 2026 [AFP] By Al Jazeera Staff, Reuters and The Associated Press Published On 5 Aug 20265 Aug 2026 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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