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Pope Leo XIV draws 650,000 people to Mass in Córdoba after record 2.5 million in Buenos Aires

On Tuesday, 10 November 2026, around 650,000 faithful gathered for a Mass with Pope Leo XIV in Córdoba, Argentina — a day after an estimated 2.5 million people welcomed him in Buenos Aires. The pope called on Argentines to follow the example of the country's saints, and on Wednesday he will celebrate his final Mass in Luján before travelling to Peru, where a giant statue of him has already been erected.

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Andalusia: how Córdoba and Seville became centres of medieval Europe

Kun.uz has published a historical essay on Andalusia: from the arrival of Muslim troops on the Iberian Peninsula in 711 to the transformation of Córdoba into a caliphate and one of the largest centres of Europe. The piece recalls the surviving monuments — the mosque of Córdoba and the Giralda tower in Seville.

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