Pope Leo XIV departs on his first apostolic journey to South America, a long twelve-day pilgrimage across three countries from November 6-17, 2026, accepting invitations from the Heads of State and ecclesiastical authorities of Uruguay, Argentina and Peru. The first stop is Uruguay, from November 6-8, with stops in Montevideo, Paysandú and Florida. The Pope will then continue to Argentina from November 8-11 (Buenos Aires, Córdoba and Luján) and finally to Peru from November 11-17 (Lima, Chiclayo, Cusco and Pucallpa), the country where he served as Bishop of Chiclayo from 2015 to 2023. The official program released by the Holy See Press Office now details the schedule of the first day: departure at 7:00 am from Rome-Fiumicino airport and arrival at 4:30 pm at Montevideo-Carrasco "General Cesáreo L. Berisso" international airport; at 5:30 pm welcome ceremony in Plaza Independencia; at 5:45 pm meeting with authorities, civil society and the diplomatic corps, with an address by the Pope; at 6:15 pm visit to the President of the Republic at the Edificio José Artigas; at 7:10 pm celebration of Vespers, with a homily, at the Metropolitan Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception and Saints Philip and James. On November 7, a trip to Paysandú for Holy Mass, followed on return by a visit to the Casavalle neighborhood, a meeting on education at the Catholic University of Uruguay, and a vigil at the Estadio Centenario; on November 8, the feast of Our Lady of the Thirty-Three, solemn Mass and farewell in the Cathedral square of Florida, before departing for Buenos Aires at 3:10 pm.