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Politics● Low3d ago · Nov 6, 2026, 2:58 PM

Pope Leo embarks on Latin America trip with a first stop in Uruguay

GlobeAlert Desk · curated from France 24 [en] · South America

Pope Leo XIV is kicking off a three-nation tour of Latin America on Friday, November 6, with a visit to Uruguay, the region’s least Catholic and most secular country, three weeks after undergoing lung cancer surgery that had put the entire trip into question. After Uruguay, he will then go to Argentina and Peru. FRANCE 24's Hanna Roberts has more.

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