Pope begins Apostolic Journey to Latin America

At Rome airport - Pope about to embark on his flight to Montevideo - Screenshot

Source: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV arrived at Rome's Fiumicino International Airport shortly after dawn this morning to began his 12-day Apostolic Journey to Latin America.

The ITA Airways aircraft carrying the Holy Father and journalists departed from Rome at 7.05am, beginning his Apostolic Journey to Uruguay, Argentina, and Peru.

Pope Leo is scheduled to arrive at Montevideo-Carrasco International Airport at about 4.30pm, where an official welcome will take place.

There will be a welcome ceremony at 5.30pm in Independence Square, after which he will meet with representatives of the authorities, civil society, and the diplomatic corps. Afterwards, the Holy Father will visit the President of the Republic of Uruguay.

Following this visit, Pope Leo will celebrate Vespers with bishops, priests, deacons, consecrated men and women, and seminarians at the Metropolitan Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception and Saints Philip and James.

After Uruguay, the Holy Father will travel to Argentina, visiting Buenos Aires, Córdoba, and Luján. He will then continue on to Peru, where he will visit Lima, Chiclayo, Cusco, and Pucallpa.

This visit is Pope's sixth international journey since the start of his papacy. The Apostolic Journey will run from 6 to 17 November. During the 12 day visit, Pope Leo is expected to make approximately a dozen flights and visit ten cities. The Holy Father is also expected to deliver nearly 40 addresses in Spanish.

See a short film of Pope Leo;s departure from Rome: www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6o_yW9IkFM