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Pope Leo in Latin America: Papal Politics and Peru

Pope Leo XIV urged men to respect their wives as he wrapped up the first leg of his 12-day tour of Latin America.

✦ Extractive summary — built from the sources' own reporting•From 1 source•1 min read•Updated November 8, 2026, 9:16 PM UTC
Key points
  • The region recorded nearly 20,000 instances of women being killed over the past five years alone, most of them murdered by a current or former partner.
  • The pontiff has wrapped up his first visit to Uruguay.

Pope Leo heads to Argentina for the second leg of his South America tour, where he's expected to draw the biggest turnout of his Papacy so far.

Colleen Dulle, Vatican Correspondent at America Magazine and the co-host of the 'Inside the Vatican' podcast, joins us to analyse the significance of his Latin American tour.

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