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Pope Leo hold first mass in Uruguay, urges crowd to be ‘bridge builders’
Vatican says some 40,000 Catholic faithful attended the pontiff's service in Uruguay's western city of Paysandu.
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More than 40,000 gather as Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass in Uruguay
Leo celebrated the first Mass of his South America tour less than a month after undergoing cancer surgery. He is seeking to raise interest in the Catholic Church in Uruguay, South America's most secular country.
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Pope Leo calls on Uruguay's Catholics to be 'bridge builders'
Pope Leo XIV urged Catholics in Uruguay to build bridges of faith and fraternity on the second day of his 12-day tour of Uruguay, Argentina and Peru. The pope's three-country tour comes just three weeks after he underwent surgery for lung cancer.
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Pope in 'pretty good health' as he starts Latin America tour
Pope Leo travels to Uruguay just three weeks after having surgery for lung cancer.
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Pope Leo XIV arrives for South American tour after cancer surgery
Pope Leo XIV arrives in Uruguay kicking off a 12-day tour of South America after undergoing lung surgery last month.
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Pope Leo arrives in Uruguay at start of South America tour
Pope Leo has arrived in Uruguay at the start of a 12-day trip through three South American nations. His trip, which is intense with a packed itinerary, comes just weeks after his lung cancer surgery.
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Pope Leo calls for healthcare to be 'accessible for all' during Uruguay visit
Pope Leo XIV on Friday called for healthcare to be "accessible to all" as he began a visit to Uruguay just three weeks after having undergone lung surgery. The 12-day tour of South America, which will also include stops in Argentina and Peru, is seen as something of a homecoming for the pontiff, who lived in Peru for almost two decades and holds joint US and Peruvian citizenship.
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Pope Leo XIV arrives in Uruguay starting 12-day Latin America tour
The pontiff praises Uruguay's clean energy transition and calls for universal healthcare.
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Pope Leo embarks on Latin America trip with a first stop in Uruguay
Pope Leo XIV is kicking off a three-nation tour of Latin America on Friday, November 6, with a visit to Uruguay, the region’s least Catholic and most secular country, three weeks after undergoing lung cancer surgery that had put the entire trip into question. After Uruguay, he will then go to Argentina and Peru. FRANCE 24's Hanna Roberts has more.
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Pope Leo sets off on 12-day South America tour
The pontiff will hold meetings and celebrate Mass in Uruguay, Argentina and Peru, with the latter attracting particular interest. The trip will be the longest and farthest of his papacy so far.
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Pope begins lengthy trip to Latin America weeks after lung cancer surgery
Pope Leo, who had part of a lung removed last month, will visit Uruguay, Argentina and Peru.
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Pope Leo hosts Bob Dylan at official residence in Rome
Pope Leo had previously quoted Dylan's work in the preface of a book warning against nuclear rearmament.