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Pope Leo XIV draws 2.5 million to Buenos Aires Mass, Vatican says
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The Vatican says about 2.5 million people attended Pope Leo XIV’s open-air Mass in Buenos Aires, the largest event of his papacy so far.
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About 2.5 million people attended an open-air Mass led by Pope Leo XIV in central Buenos Aires on Monday, the Vatican says. The gathering was the biggest event of his papacy so far, according to the report carried by Nieuws.nl.
Leo was cheered as he travelled through the Argentine capital in the popemobile. Some people had travelled more than 1,000 kilometres to see him, the report said.
The Mass was part of a multi-day trip to South America. Leo had already visited Uruguay and was due to travel on to Peru. His visit to Argentina was the first papal visit there in decades, according to the report.
On Sunday, Leo warned Argentina’s president, Javier Milei, against pursuing excessively severe austerity and spoke of limits on presidential power, the report said.
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