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12 Planes in 12 Days: Pope Begins Major Latin America Tour, Weeks After Surgery

Pope Leo XIV’s tour of Uruguay, Argentina and Peru is his first major trip since an operation on his lung last month.

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Pope Leo XIV offering Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican on Thursday.
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12 Planes in 12 Days: Pope Begins Major Latin America Tour, Weeks After Surgery

Pope Leo XIV’s tour of Uruguay, Argentina and Peru is his first major trip since an operation on his lung last month.

© Remo Casilli/Reuters

Pope Leo XIV offering Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican on Thursday.
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Pope Leo’s Trip to Latin America: What to Know

Less than a month after lung surgery, Pope Leo XIV is landing in Uruguay on Friday, the first stop of a 12-day voyage across South America.

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Pope Leo greeting a child in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on Wednesday. His trip to Latin America will be a test of his stamina.
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Up in the Clouds With the Pope, It’s Still Commercial

Unlike American presidents, Pope Leo XIV has no private jet, so he travels on commercial airlines, like the rest of us. Well, almost.

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Pope Leo XIV and Gennaro Anastasio, a senior cabin manager on many papal flights, after arriving in Turkey in 2025.
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Behind Italy’s Protests: Rising Prices and Sinking Hopes

Inspired in part by French demonstrations, protests in Italy by students in the north and truckers in the south could affect national elections next year.

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Demonstrators clashed with police in Milan this month.
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