President Milei welcomes Pope Leo during historic visit to Argentina

Author: AFP and ReutersPublished on: November 8, 2026Country: Argentina

World / InternationalPolitics

President Milei welcomes Pope Leo during historic visit to Argentina

Argentine President Javier Milei and his sister, Karina Milei, welcomed Pope Leo XIV at Jorge Newbery airport near Buenos Aires on November 8. Leo is the first pontiff to visit Argentina since John Paul II in 1987, following a three-day stop in Uruguay. His schedule includes a ceremony at Plaza San Martin and a meeting with Milei at the Casa Rosada. The visit comes amid Church criticism of the government’s austerity measures and a decline in Argentinians identifying as Catholic, from 71 percent in 2013–2014 to 58 percent a decade later.

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