00:01Pope Leo XIV wrapped up his visit to Uruguay on Sunday with an open-air mass outside a basilica
00:08in the south-central city of Florida. For his final event, the Pope paid homage to the women
00:15who passed on the Catholic faith and raised awareness against gender-based violence,
00:19calling on men to treat their wives with respect. His homily addressed a prominent issue in Latin
00:25America. Over the last five years, the region recorded nearly 20,000 femicides, most of them
00:31committed by the victim's current or former partner. Pope Leo became the first pope in nearly four
00:37decades to visit Uruguay in hopes of reminding the increasingly secular nation of its Catholic
00:43identity. He arrived in Argentina later on Sunday, where he will meet President Javier Milei, a right-wing
00:50libertarian whose austerity policies have drawn sharp criticism from the Catholic Church.
00:55The high point of his visit is expected to be the third and final leg of his tour, which takes
01:00him
01:01to Peru, where he spent nearly two decades of his life, first as a missionary and then eight years
01:06as a bishop.
