Pope wraps up Uruguay visit and heads to most fraught stop of his tour in Argentina
Summary
Pope Leo XIV is concluding his visit to Uruguay with a celebration honoring the Virgin of the Thirty-three, a Catholic feast linked by tradition to the country’s independence. He then travels to Argentina, where his meeting with President Javier Milei comes amid tensions over the government’s spending cuts and criticism from church leaders.Key Facts
- Leo is the first pope to visit Uruguay in nearly four decades.
- The pope’s final Uruguay event is in Florida, where pilgrims gather to honor the Virgin of the Thirty-three.
- Tradition holds that 33 independence patriots carried the Virgin Mary statue when Uruguay declared independence from the Brazilian empire in 1825.
- Leo is on a 12-day tour of South America, with Argentina as the second stop and Peru as the final stop.
- Milei is scheduled to meet Leo at the Buenos Aires airport before they attend a welcome ceremony and exchange speeches.
- Argentine church leaders have criticized Milei’s austerity measures, saying they put economic goals ahead of poor people’s needs.
- The article reports that Argentina’s health care budget fell 48% in real terms under Milei’s government.
- The article says planned cuts to public universities prompted student protests.
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