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Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass for 650,000 in Córdoba, Argentina
Pope Leo XIV held an outdoor Mass for an estimated 650,000 people in Córdoba, Argentina, on Tuesday.
Pilgrims travelled from across the country to attend, a day after about 2.5 million people gathered for a Mass in Buenos Aires.
Leo urged people to follow the example of Argentine saints and live lives of holiness.
The visit comes after nearly 40 years without a reigning pope visiting Argentina, the homeland of Leo’s predecessor, Pope Francis.
The mass gathering marked a major stop on Leo’s 12-day tour of Uruguay, Argentina and Peru, where he spent decades as a missionary.
The Church is seeking to strengthen its presence in a region where evangelical denominations have been growing.
After the Mass, Leo was due to meet 20 people representing Córdoba’s poor and marginalized, including workers at soup kitchens and a woman searching for relatives killed during the dictatorship.
Pope Leo XIV celebrated an outdoor Mass attended by an estimated 650,000 people in Córdoba, Argentina, on Tuesday.
The Vatican said 650,000 people were present at the Mass on the grounds of the Argentine Aircraft Factory.
In his homily, Leo urged Argentines to follow the example of the country’s saints and live lives of holiness.
The Mass was part of Leo’s 12-day tour of Uruguay, Argentina and Peru.
It was the first papal visit to Argentina since 1987.
- Who
- Pope Leo XIV celebrated the Mass. An estimated 650,000 people attended.
- What
- Leo held an outdoor Catholic Mass and urged people to follow the example of saints.
- When
- Tuesday, November 10, 2026.
- Where
- The grounds of the Argentine Aircraft Factory in Córdoba, Argentina.
- Why
- It was part of Leo’s 12-day tour of Uruguay, Argentina and Peru.
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Leo celebrated a Mass in Buenos Aires that drew an estimated 2.5 million people.
Leo celebrated Mass in Córdoba before an estimated 650,000 people.
Leo was scheduled to meet 20 people chosen by Córdoba’s archbishop to represent the city’s poor and marginalized.
- Attendance
- Estimated 650,000 people
- Location
- Argentine Aircraft Factory grounds, Córdoba
- Tour
- 12 days across Uruguay, Argentina and Peru
- Previous papal visit
- Argentina last hosted a reigning pope in 1987
- Earlier turnout
- An estimated 2.5 million people attended Leo’s Monday Mass in Buenos Aires
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What people are saying
We are all called to holiness
These saints and blesseds have already fulfilled their mission on Earth. Today, it is our turn to follow the radiant example of holiness they have left with us.
Open your hearts and, with God’s grace, go and be saints!
Here in Cordoba ... we wish to give thanks to God for the diverse fruits of holiness borne by the men and women whom the Lord sent to this land of Argentina