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Pope Leo's Trip to South America

Nov. 6-17, 2026 • Uruguay, Argentina & Peru

On-the-Ground News Coverage

Supreme Court takes up Trump ban on asylum claims at US-Mexico border

by Kate Scanlon

The U.S. Supreme Court said Nov. 13 it would take up a case regarding President Donald Trump’s executive order banning asylum claims at the southern border.

Full text: Message of Pope Leo XIV for the 10th World Day of the Poor
Talents and crosses
‘Vain repetition?’ Nah, the rosary can be endlessly varied
Pope Leo XIV’s Mass in Chiclayo an emotional reunion with his ‘beloved’ diocese
Canada’s new Ukrainian Catholic archbishop sees evangelization, family and youth as top priorities

U.S. Church

Inaugural Catholic Military Conference prompts reflection on ‘Living and Serving Justly’

by Kurt Jensen

The inaugural Catholic Military Conference sponsored by the U.S. Archdiocese for the Military Services had the theme of “Living and Serving Justly” and took place Nov. 9-11.

Bishop Brennan of Brooklyn, NY, offers prayers for those impacted by building collapse

Defying the ‘enrollment cliff,’ Catholic universities lean into their mission

Trump gives mixed signals on immigration following GOP midterm losses

Mass removed from NJ cardinal’s kidney is benign; ‘no further treatment is needed’

Poll: Support for death penalty dips to minority among US adults for first time in decades

World

3 million people give Pope Leo XIV a warm welcome as he arrives in Peru, his home for two decades

by Courtney Mares

LIMA, Peru (OSV News) — Pope Leo XIV arrived in Lima Nov. 11 for the much-anticipated final leg of his 12-day apostolic journey to South America, landing in the …

Pope Leo tells Argentine youth: Stand firm, become saints, ‘go and proclaim’
French bishops defend Catholic schools amid education unrest
Pope Leo holds up Argentine businessman as a model of lay holiness
Pope Leo meets privately with five Argentine abuse survivors
Kraków’s cardinal after deadly shooting: The final word does not belong to hatred, but love

Pope Leo XIV arrives in Argentina, meets President Milei while urging respectful dialogue

In secular Uruguay, Pope Leo urges Catholics to find strength in being few

Pope Leo joins with Church and Poland in mourning Krakow mass shooting

Vatican

Pope Leo XIV moved to tears by testimonies of faith and hope during Argentina visit

by Ines San Martin

Opinion

Blaming Autumn: Unjust cranks in this excellent season of wonder

by Elizabeth Scalia

Beneath our division lies a crisis of dehumanization

by Vicente Del Real

The courage to risk death for life

by Katie Yoder

Reviews

Ebenezer

by John Mulderig
You Can See Everything
Movie review: Wicker
Sense and Sensibility
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