#León XIV

The facade of the Catedral de Santa María in Chiclayo, where the coronation rite was held, in a 2018 photograph.

Apostolic journey

Leo XIV crowns the Immaculate Virgin in Chiclayo, the diocese he led for eight years

Pope Leo XIV greets the crowd in St Peter's Square in his first public appearance as pontiff, on May 8, 2025.

Leo XIV lands in Peru, the country whose citizenship he holds, for a six-day visit

Pope Leo XIV during an audience with the media at the Vatican in May 2025.

Apostolic journey

Nearly two million attend Leo XIV's Mass in Buenos Aires, the first papal Mass in Argentina since 1987

Pope Leo XIV during an audience with the media at the Vatican in May 2025.

Leo XIV in South America

Pope Leo XIV lands in Buenos Aires on Sunday for the first papal visit to Argentina in 39 years

Pope Leo XIV during an audience with members of the press in May 2025.

Leo XIV celebrates the first Mass of his South American trip in Paysandú, before some 40,000 people

Pope Leo XIV during an audience with the media at the Vatican in May 2025.

Leo XIV arrives in Uruguay, the first pope in 38 years, and defends democratic coexistence in Montevideo

Pope Leo XIV during an audience with the media in May 2025.

Apostolic journey

Leo XIV lands in Montevideo on Friday to open an 11-day journey through Uruguay, Argentina and Peru

Leo XIV during an audience with the media at the Vatican on 12 May 2025.

Pope Leo XIV's first South American tour begins on 6 November: 12 days, 10 cities and three countries