Pope must tour South America; see which countries will take part

Pope Leo XIV is expected to make a trip to South America later this year.

The newspaper Teledoce reported this Thursday (21) that the pontiff should visit Uruguay in November, citing the Catholic Church in Montevideo.

The Uruguayan Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed to Reuters that Leão is preparing to go to the country. The Latin American tour, announced in February, should also include Peru and Argentina.

The visit would be notable in Uruguay, one of the most secular countries in the region, where church and state are formally separated.

Pope Leo's visit to the region at the end of the year is expected to attract large crowds. The pontiff was a missionary in Peru for decades.

Leão was ordained bishop for the first time in the diocese of Chiclayo, in northwestern Peru, and became a citizen of the South American country in 2015.

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Source: CNN