After cancer surgery, Pope Leo embarks on Latin America trip with a first stop in secular Uruguay
Pope Leo XIV is kicking off a three-nation tour of Latin America on Friday with a visit to Uruguay, the region's least Catholic and most secular country, three weeks after undergoing lung cancer surgery that had put the entire trip into question.
TL;DR
- Pope Leo XIV is starting a three-nation tour of Latin America on Friday.
- The first destination is Uruguay, identified as the region's least Catholic and most secular country.
- The trip proceeds three weeks after the Pope underwent lung cancer surgery.
- The surgery had previously raised questions about the trip's possibility.