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Pope Leo XIV Concludes South American Tour, Urges Bishops to Support Families
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In Short: Pope Leo XIV concluded his South American tour, urging bishops to support families facing challenges, and visited a care home for disabled people in Argentina.
Peru gets ready to welcome Pope Leo XIV on his South America tour • FRANCE 24 English. FRANCE 24 English
Pope Leo XIV concluded his South American tour on Wednesday, November 11, after a six-day pastoral visit to Peru, where he spent much of his religious career as a missionary and bishop, according to Thechronicle. In Argentina, he praised the work of a care home for disabled people, which the Argentine Catholic bishops have said is imperiled by President Javier Milei’s austerity policies, as reported by Ewtnnews.
Kdhnews and Oskaloosa reported that Pope Leo XIV celebrated Mass at Parque Paris Londres in Paysandu, Uruguay, on November 5, and arrived to celebrate vespers with bishops, priests, deacons, consecrated men and women, and seminarians at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Montevideo, Uruguay, on the first day of his twelve-day apostolic journey to South America.
During a Vatican gathering marking the 10th anniversary of “Amoris Laetitia,” Pope Leo XIV urged Catholic bishops to accompany families facing “limits, wounds and apparent failure,” continuing the pastoral approach of his predecessor, Pope Francis, as reported by Religionnews. The gathering included the heads of 15 Eastern Catholic Churches, the presidents of the world’s 115 bishops’ conferences, and 11 married couples from five continents.
Pope Leo XIV also announced that Bishop James Golka of Colorado Springs will replace retiring Archbishop of Denver Samuel Aquila starting in March, according to the Denverpost. Aquila introduced Golka during a news conference at the John Paul II Pastoral Center in Denver on Saturday morning.
The pope’s itinerary in Rome includes visits to five parishes across the city’s five pastoral regions, as reported by Ewtnvatican. He will visit Santa Maria Regina Pacis in Ostia, the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus in Castro Pretorio, Ascension of Our Lord in the East, Our Lady of the Presentation in the West, and the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus in Ponte Mammolo.
All publications agreed that Pope Leo XIV concluded his South American tour, urging bishops to support families facing challenges and visiting a care home for disabled people in Argentina.
What's confirmed
- Catholic faithful hold an Argentine flag bearing images of the late Pope Francis and Pope Leo XIV as they wait for Pope Leo XIV to arrive to celebrate Mass at Parque Paris Londres in Paysandu, Uruguay, Saturday, Nov.
- Pope Leo XIV arrives to celebrate vespers with bishops, priests, deacons, consecrated men and women, and seminarians at the Metropolitan Cathedral, in Montevideo, Uruguay, on the first day of his twelve-day apostolic journey to South America, Friday, Nov.
What's still developing
- The pope heard the testimonies of residents at a care home near Buenos Aires.
- Argentine President Javier Milei, Foreign Minister Pablo Quirno, and Presidential Secretary Karina Milei attended the ceremony, where the Pope exchanged emotional farewells with officials and well-wishers.
- Luigi Orione in Claypole, Argentina (VATICAN MEDIA) BUENOS AIRES: The logo chosen for the Argentine leg of Pope Leo XIV’s Apostolic Journey to Latin America gives visual expression to the many Saints and Blesseds of a country with a long Christian tradition and a history of welcoming others.
- This is a temporary role, by which the Holy See ensures that the pastoral governance of a diocese will continue, when it is not possible for a diocesan Bishop to exercise his office.
- These families will present to more than 150 bishops the challenges they encounter in passing on the faith in increasingly secularized societies.
- Albanese notes, from the earliest centuries “the Sea of Rome was relevant, important for the other churches,” and over time “the Bishop of Rome became the Pope.” Pope Leo XIV’s decision to spend Lent with Rome’s parishes highlights this ancient reality: the papacy begins not in ceremonies, but in shepherding.
- Among the many things you will be called to do as Bishops, this is the most important.
- And, speaking precisely to the Bishops attending a formation course on September 12, 2019, he said: «We exist to make this closeness palpable.» What valuable words for us!
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