Pope Leo XIV met on Sunday with the President of Argentina, Javier Milei, in Buenos Aires, where he was received with an official ceremony attended by members of the cabinet and representatives of the Catholic Church.
Images released by the Argentine Episcopal Conference show a group of mounted grenadiers accompanying the pontiff’s transfer to the Casa Rosada, the seat of government, where he held the meeting with the Argentine leader.
After the reception, Milei and Leo XIV took part in a brief ceremony that included the official photograph of the visit and a formal greeting between them, before continuing with the activities scheduled at the presidential headquarters.
Leo XIV’s visit to Argentina will run until 11 November and will include religious and institutional activities in Buenos Aires, Cordoba and Lujan. The pontiff arrived this Sunday from Uruguay, where he celebrated a Mass in the city of Florida.
His arrival marks the return of a Pope to Argentine soil after 39 years, since the visit of John Paul II in 1987. Once his visit to Argentina is over, the pontiff will conclude his tour of Latin America in Peru, where he carried out part of his religious ministry.
Source: Viory
