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Pope Leo XIV, as part of his 12-day tour of South America, led a prayer vigil for young people at Lima's National Stadium. About 60,000 people filled the stands, while roughly 300,000 more gathered outside. The visit holds personal significance for the pontiff: he served the Church in Peru for more than two decades and received Peruvian citizenship in 2015.
Aziz KarimovPope Leo XIV opened the Peruvian leg of his Latin American tour: according to Vatican estimates, about 3 million people lined the routes of his motorcade in Lima. The pontiff, who served in Peru for more than two decades as a missionary and bishop of Chiclayo, called his return a homecoming and urged the authorities toward reconciliation and disaster preparedness.
Aziz KarimovOn November 9, an open-air Mass by Pope Leo XIV took place in Buenos Aires — the largest event of his pontificate. Life.ru, citing the TV channel TN, reported more than two million attendees, while local authorities, according to Deutsche Welle, put the figure at 2.5 million. The visit marked the first arrival of a reigning Pope in Argentina in almost 40 years.
Otabek YusupovBBC News published its weekly quiz on 15 October 2026. In the announcement, the outlet mentioned the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay, lung cancer diagnosed in the Pope after surgery, and the death at 34 of Breaking Bad actor and disability rights campaigner RJ Mitte.
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