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· Confirmed
In Short: Pope Leo XIV will embark on a journey to Uruguay, Argentina, and Peru from November 6 to 17, 2026, following a medical clearance after undergoing lung cancer surgery.
Pope Leo XIV will embark on a journey to Uruguay, Argentina, and Peru from November 6 to 17, 2026, following a medical clearance after undergoing lung cancer surgery. OSV News reported that the Vatican confirmed the trip after doctors determined there were no medical reasons preventing the pope from traveling three weeks after the surgery.
According to OSV News, the Vatican stated that the visit aims to strengthen ties with local churches, encourage the faithful, and promote a message of faith, hope, and peace in the region. PBS noted that the trip will provide an opportunity for the pope to engage with the local communities and address the needs of the faithful.
OSV News and PBS both reported that the Vatican has published the schedule for the apostolic journey, which includes a visit to Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay, where Pope Leo XIV will meet with the president of Uruguay, Yamandú Orsi, at his residence at the Edificio José Artigas.
OSV News and Cathstan reported that the pope’s flight from Rome to Montevideo is expected to last close to 13 hours. The Vatican has also confirmed that the pope will meet with survivors of clergy sexual abuse during his visit to Latin America.
OSV News and Cruxnow reported that the Vatican will address cases of clergy sexual abuse in Argentina, where victims have been demanding action from the Vatican, including cases in which Pope Francis was personally involved.
OSV News and Angelusnews reported that Pope Leo XIV will be the first pope to visit Uruguay since St. John Paul II. The Vatican confirmed that the pope will visit Argentina, where he was born, and Peru, where he will engage with the local churches and communities.
OSV News and Ncregister reported that the Vatican has scheduled the visit to Uruguay, Argentina, and Peru from November 6 to 17, 2026. The Vatican stated that the pope will visit Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay, and Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina.
OSV News and Ewtnnews reported that the Vatican has confirmed the schedule for the apostolic journey, which includes a visit to Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay, and Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina.
OSV News and Unherd reported that the Vatican confirmed the visit will proceed according to the previously published program. The Vatican stated that the pope will visit Uruguay, Argentina, and Peru from November 6 to 17, 2026.
OSV News and Batimes reported that the Vatican confirmed the visit will proceed according to the previously published program. The Vatican stated that the pope will visit Uruguay, Argentina, and Peru from November 6 to 17, 2026.
OSV News reported that the Vatican confirmed the visit will proceed according to the previously published program. The Vatican stated that the pope will visit Uruguay, Argentina, and Peru from November 6 to 17, 2026.
OSV News and Ncregister reported that the Vatican confirmed the visit will proceed according to the previously published program. The Vatican stated that the pope will visit Uruguay, Argentina, and Peru from November 6 to 17, 2026.
Background
Pope Leo XIV will travel to Uruguay, Argentina, and Peru from Nov. 6 to 17, 2026, after doctors cleared him for travel following lung cancer surgery.
Pope Leo XIV's upcoming visit to South America will be marked by at least five 'God-incidences,' as people call the coincidences arranged by Divine Providence.
What's confirmed
- From there, he will travel to Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay.
- At 6:15 p.m., the pope will pay a courtesy visit to the president of Uruguay, Yamandú Orsi, at his residence at the Edificio José Artigas.
- "The Holy See Press Office confirms that the Apostolic Journey of Pope Leo XIV to Uruguay, Argentina, and Peru, scheduled for 6–17 November 2026, will proceed according to the programme previously published," said the Vatican in a note.
- Argentina (OSV News) — Bishops’ conferences across Latin America urged prayers for the health of Pope Leo XIV, whose visit to Uruguay, Argentina and Peru remains uncertain after he underwent surgery to remove the lower lobe of his right lung.
- The pope’s flight from Rome to Montevideo, capital of Uruguay, is expected to last close to 13 hours.
- “May she shelter him beneath her mantle, strengthen him during this time of trial, and grant him serenity and solace.” Pope Leo is still scheduled to arrive in Uruguay on Nov.
- The Vatican has published the schedule for Pope Leo XIV’s apostolic journey to Latin America, where he will visit Uruguay, Argentina, and Peru from Nov. 6–17.
- Pope Leo XIV is set to be the first pope to visit Uruguay since St.
- ROME — Pope Leo XIV will meet with survivors of clergy sexual abuse during his upcoming trip to Latin America, which will take the American pope to Uruguay, Argentina and Peru, the Vatican said Tuesday.
- Francis’ native Argentina, for its part, has had a wretched reckoning with abuse and victims there have been demanding action from the Vatican, including to address cases in which Francis was personally involved.
- The pontiff is due to touch down at 4.30pm on November 8 at Jorge Newbery Airport in Buenos Aires City on a flight from Uruguay.
What's still developing
- Pope Francis, in a message in 2013 for the priest’s beatification — a ceremony scheduled before the Argentine pope was elected — said Father Brochero “did not stay in the sacristy combing the sheep,” but went out in search of the lost.
- Jose Gabriel del Rosario Brochero, affectionately known as the “gaucho priest,” was born in Argentina.
- Maria Francesca is Uruguay’s only canonized saint, although other causes are underway.
- He was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to Spanish immigrants who later returned to Spain.
- The Pope was "remaining attentive to the needs of each day and allowing for appropriate periods of rest," it said, adding that Leo was "deeply grateful for the prayers and affection he has received from throughout the world." Pope Leo is due to arrive in Argentina on Sunday, November 8, staying in the country until Wednesday, November 11.
- Credit: Getty On Wednesday, ahead of Leo XIV’s trip to South America next week, the head of Argentina’s episcopal conference offered a surprising analysis of the three-country apostolic visit: “He comes as a pastor and as Peter’s successor, not as a political actor.” Such a statement should be self-evident for a papal trips.
- His absence was at times attributed to the grieta or “crack” which splits Argentina between Peronists and non-Peronists, based on the ideology of the country’s former president Juan Perón.
- Speaking ahead of the journey that is scheduled to unfold from 11 to 16 November, taking him from Uruguay to Argentina, to Peru, Father Walter Corsini, Vicar General of the Missionary Servants of the Poor, shares his testimony with Vatican News.
- The pope said the removal surgery is planned in the “coming days."
- “During some check-ups, doctors discovered a localized nodule on my lung,” the 71-year-old Pope Leo told people who gathered in St Peter’s Square for the Angelus prayer on Sunday.
- Health problems clouded over previous popes, with Leo’s predecessor, Pope Francis, spending an extended period in hospital and facing multiple health difficulties in the final months of his life.
- Leo is relatively young for a pope, and generally seen to be in good health.