Overview
- The Holy See and host governments have confirmed visits to Argentina from November 8 to 11 and to Peru from November 11 to 16.
- Peru’s Foreign Ministry and the apostolic nuncio clarified that the Pope’s Peru stay ends on November 16, one day earlier than first reported because he must return to Rome.
- The Peruvian government formally declared the visit of national interest and created an Extraordinary High‑Level Commission led by the Foreign Ministry to run logistics and protocol.
- Authorities have set the final Lima Mass for November 16 at Base Aérea Las Palmas and project attendance of roughly two to two and a half million people, prompting plans for crowd control, early start times and weather contingency measures tied to El Niño.
- Vatican advance technical and security teams are inspecting venues in Argentina and Peru to finalize routes, security protocols and backup plans such as extra papamobiles, a standby aircraft and a national volunteer program ahead of a definitive itinerary expected after September inspections.