Overview
- The Vatican’s Press Office and the Nunciature officially announced on Wednesday that Pope León XIV will visit Argentina from November 8 to 11 as part of a regional apostolic journey from November 6 to 17.
- The framework itinerary published by the Holy See lists stops in Buenos Aires, Luján and Córdoba within Argentina and includes earlier visits to Uruguay and later visits to Peru.
- Argentina’s government hailed the confirmation, noting that Foreign Minister Pablo Quirno delivered President Javier Milei’s invitation to the Pope months earlier and saying state agencies will provide security and logistical support.
- Federal and church authorities have begun setting up interministerial and episcopal committees to define exact venues, public masses and safety plans, while the Vatican has said detailed program and site confirmations will follow in the coming weeks.
- The visit will be the first papal trip to Argentina in 39 years and is being framed by Argentine bishops as primarily pastoral; media and church sources report likely open‑air liturgies such as a Mass at Luján and a principal celebration near the Monument to the Spaniards, though those locations remain unconfirmed.