Summary
Pope Leo XIV arrived in Montevideo on November 6 to begin a 12-day tour of Uruguay, Argentina and Peru. He said he felt fairly well after surgery to remove a cancerous lung tumor on October 13, and doctors cleared him to travel.Key Facts
- Leo arrived in Montevideo after a 13-hour flight from Rome.
- The tour includes visits to Uruguay, Argentina and Peru.
- His three-day Uruguay schedule includes a visit to a neighborhood affected by gang violence and Masses in Paysandu and Florida.
- The visit is the first papal trip to Uruguay since 1988.
- In Peru, Leo is scheduled to visit Cusco, the Amazon region and his former diocese of Chiclayo.
- Leo served as a missionary in Peru for nearly two decades.
- The Vatican said standard medical care for papal trips would be sufficient; no special measures were needed.
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