Pope Leo arrives in Argentina amid divisions over Milei’s austerity
Summary
Pope Leo XIV arrived in Buenos Aires from Uruguay on November 8 for a four-day visit to Argentina, the first papal visit there since 1987. Argentines hope he can ease divisions over President Javier Milei’s austerity policies, and the pope is expected to call for greater protection of vulnerable people.Key Facts
- Milei greeted Pope Leo at the airport in Buenos Aires.
- The visit is the first by a pope to Argentina, the birthplace of the late Pope Francis, in nearly four decades.
- Leo is on a 12-day Latin American tour that began in Uruguay.
- His Argentina itinerary includes visits to a home for disabled people and a prison, as well as three open-air masses.
- The Catholic Church expects about seven million people to attend events during the visit.
- A University of Buenos Aires poll found that 57.7 percent of respondents identified as Catholic, compared with about 90 percent in the 1960s.
- Milei’s government has cut public spending, including funding for public hospitals, universities and pensions.
- The article reports that Argentina’s poverty rate reached 32.3 percent in September.
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