Pope Leo XIV's Itinerary for Argentina Visit Revealed

Pope Leo XIV will visit Argentina from November 8 to 11, with a schedule that includes major events in Buenos Aires, Córdoba, and Luján. Archbishop Jorge García Cuerva confirmed that the central mass and a meeting with youth will take place at the Monumento a los Españoles in Palermo. The organization discarded the use of stadiums, including the River Plate stadium, to avoid capacity limits and to maintain a message of austerity by reusing the same infrastructure for both events.

The itinerary includes pastoral visits to the Devoto prison and the Cottolengo de Claypole, an institution for people with disabilities. Other planned activities in Buenos Aires include an ecumenical and interreligious meeting at the Palacio San Martín and a tribute to General San Martín at the Plaza San Martín. In Córdoba, the Pope is expected to visit the Cathedral and hold a mass at the Fábrica Argentina de Aviones (FADeA). The visit will conclude with a trip to the Basilica of Luján on November 11 before the Pope departs for Peru.

Coordination for the visit involves the National Government, the Buenos Aires city government, and the Vatican. Security will be a joint effort between the Swiss Guard, the Italian Gendarmerie, and Argentine forces. While center right reports emphasize the logistical coordination between different levels of government and the austerity of the venue choices, center left reporting highlights the political history of the Cottolengo de Claypole and its recent association with provincial authorities.