Pope Leo to end Argentina tour with large outdoor mass before 'emotional' Peru homecoming
Summary
Pope Leo will end a three-day visit to Argentina with an outdoor Mass at the Shrine of Our Lady of Luján, then travel to Peru on his 12-day South America tour. In Peru, he is scheduled to visit places tied to his missionary work and meet President Keiko Fujimori, whose election faced fraud accusations and vote-counting delays.Key Facts
- The outdoor Mass in Argentina is expected to draw millions of people.
- Leo is also scheduled to visit one of Argentina’s largest penitentiaries.
- His Argentina visit has included Church criticism of President Javier Milei’s cuts to social programs.
- Leo served as a missionary in Peru for about 20 years before becoming pope.
- He was bishop of Chiclayo from 2015 to 2023 and plans to spend three days there.
- Leo is scheduled to arrive at Callao Air Base at 5:30 p.m. local time and then go to the presidential palace.
- Keiko Fujimori won Peru’s election earlier this year amid fraud accusations and delays in counting votes.
- In 2017, Leo, then known as Bishop Robert Prevost, criticized the pardon of former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori, who had been convicted of serious human rights abuses.
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