Leo XIV Announces His First Latin American Trip: Uruguay, Argentina and Peru — but Not Brazil

Argentina

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Host countries of the tour · 3 of 5 countries

Buenos Aires settles accounts with Leo XIV's first Latin American visit, marking the symbolic return denied to Francis, who spent thirteen years away from his homeland as pope.

Brazil

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Countries absent from the itinerary · 2 of 5 countries

Brasilia notes Brazil's absence from Pope Leo XIV's South American tour, thirteen years after the last papal visit to Rio.

Mexico

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Countries absent from the itinerary · 2 of 5 countries

Mexico City seeks papal visit, conspicuously absent from Vatican's announcement of Pope Leon XIV's Latin American tour

Peru

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Host countries of the tour · 3 of 5 countries

Lima celebrates the return of 'its' Pope: seven days across coast, highlands, and the Amazon, ending in Chiclayo, his adopted diocese.

Uruguay

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Host countries of the tour · 3 of 5 countries

Montevideo frames the papal visit as a pastoral statement about social concern rather than religious fervor, positioning secular Uruguay as the diplomatic gateway to Pope Leo XIV's South American tour.