Pope Leo XIV concluded his Uruguay visit with a Mass attended by about 30,000 people in Florida and urged Catholics to reconnect with those who had drifted away. He then flew to Buenos Aires, the next stop on his regional tour.
Illustrative image: Montevideo (Uruguay). 11 de Julio del 2013. Canciller Ricardo Patiño participó en la Reunión del Consejo del Mercado Común y Cumbre Presidencial del MERCOSUR. Foto: Xavier Granja Cedeño - Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores y Movilidad Humana; — Cancillería Ecuador from Ecuador/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0
Pope Leo XIV arrived in Montevideo for the first stop of his South American tour and addressed Uruguayan authorities. He praised Mercosur, peaceful coexistence and care for the environment, and questioned abortion and euthanasia.
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