Key Facts

• The Cottolengo Don Orione home in Claypole houses about 400 people with disabilities and is scheduled to be the first stop of Leo XIV’s first full day in Argentina.
• Home coordinator Fernando Montero said government deliveries of medicines, special food and diapers had stopped the previous November, and that the matter was in court.
• Leo XIV’s three-day Argentina visit is part of a South American trip that also includes Uruguay and Peru.
• The article describes this as the first papal visit to Argentina since John Paul II visited in 1987.
• Milei has cut public spending since taking office in December 2023; his government says the cuts were needed to curb inflation.
• The Mate thinktank estimates that retirees receiving the minimum pension, who make up 63% of retirees, have lost about 30% of their purchasing power.
• Leo XIV has called for artificial intelligence to be disarmed, while Milei has opposed regulating AI and backed plans for data centres and legal status for companies without human owners.
• Argentina’s conference of bishops wrote to Health Minister Mario Lugones on April 1 to denounce conditions facing institutions that provide care and support.