Pope Leo begins a 12-day, 3-country South America tour after his cancer surgery

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• Pope Leo begins a 12-day, 3-country South America tour after his cancer surgerynpr.org · cred 5/10

  Pope Leo begins his first South American tour since lung cancer surgery. The 12-day journey takes him to Uruguay, Argentina and Peru, where he spent two decades.

  • · Pope Leo begins a 12-day, 3-country South America tour
  • · The tour includes Uruguay, Argentina, and Peru

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• Pope Leo arrives in Uruguay at start of South America tourdw.com · cred 8/10

  Pope Leo has arrived in Uruguay at the start of a 12-day trip through three South American nations. His trip, which is intense with a packed itinerary, comes just weeks after his lung cancer surgery.

  • · Pope Leo XIV arrived in Uruguay on November 6, 2026, beginning a 12-day tour through South America.
  • · The pope flew a nearly 14-hour flight from Rome to Montevideo.
• Pope in 'pretty good health' as he starts Latin America tourbbc.co.uk · cred 7/10

  Pope Leo travels to Uruguay just three weeks after having surgery for lung cancer.

  • · Pope Leo XIV told reporters he is 'in pretty good health' after lung cancer surgery.
  • · The Pope arrived in Uruguay three weeks after surgery for lung cancer.
• Pope Leo arrives in Uruguay for first stop on 12-day South America tourfrance24.com · cred 7/10

  Pope Leo touched down in Uruguay on Friday to begin a 12-day tour of South America that will also see him visit Argentina and Peru. The tour is seen as something of a homecoming for the pontiff who lived in Peru for almost two decades and holds joint US and Peruvian citizenship.

  • · Pope Leo arrived in Uruguay on Friday to begin a 12-day South America tour.
  • · The tour includes visits to Argentina and Peru.
• Pope Leo in Uruguay to kick off South America tour just weeks after lung surgeryscmp.com · cred 5/10

  Pope Leo began an emotionally charged tour of South America on Friday, returning to a continent that helped shape his priesthood just three weeks after undergoing lung cancer surgery. 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, as well as old friends. “I’m very happy to be here,” Leo told reporters on the plane before landing in Uruguay,...

  • · Pope Leo began a tour of South America on Friday
  • · The tour is just three weeks after he underwent lung cancer surgery
• Pope urges healthcare for all in Uruguayfrance24.com · cred 5/10

  Three weeks after undergoing surgery for lung cancer, Pope Francis has begun a three-nation tour of Latin America, saying he felt better than he looked. His first stop is Uruguay, the continent’s most secular country. Jack Pownall reports.

  • · Pope Francis has begun a three-nation tour of Latin America
  • · His first stop is Uruguay

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