Pope Leo XIV arrives to welcome ceremony in Montevideo alongside Uruguay’s Orsi | AFP

Pope Leo XIV arrives at a welcome ceremony in Independence square in Montevideo alongside Uruguay's President Yamandu Orsi. The 71-year-old head of the Catholic Church will visit Uruguay, Argentina and Peru, over 12 days in one of the most intense papal foreign trips in decades, meeting political leaders, prisoners, the poor, and old friends.

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