They affirm that Pope Leo XIV would come to Argentina at the end of this year

In the first half of 2026 He will go to Spain and probably in June to Africa. Two countries, Angola and Equatorial Guinea, have already confirmed that they expect it. His visit to Latin America will take place in November-December and according to reports will include Argentina, Uruguay and Peru, country of which he also has nationality, since he was archbishop of Chiclayo there and carried out extensive pastoral activity.

The trip to Peru will not be before because Leo XIV wants to reach the country that he loves so much and in which he lived almost four decades after the presidential elections (scheduled for April) and the regional elections in October.

A few days ago, the Pope received the Peruvian bishops at the Vatican who paid him the “ad limina apostolorum” visit that they carry out every five years. An image of Saint Rose of Lima was enthroned in the Vatican gardens.

The visit of the Episcopalians, to whom he said “see you soon in Peru,” served to strengthen personal ties and the bishops also celebrated the pontiff’s birthday.

Some commented that in the meetings the visit was discussed and that enthusiasm is growing in Peru for the return of the missionary who also has Peruvian nationality and was even bishop of Chiclayo by decision of Pope Francis.

Henry Francis Prevost arrived in Peru in 1985 as an Augustinian missionary and began working in the Prelacy of Chulucanas, in Piura. In his years as a missionary, he got to know Peru and its people in depth, whom he loves like his family. His work impressed Pope Francis, who in 2014 named him bishop in the Archdiocese of Chiclayo. Almost ten years later he summoned him to Rome and appointed him as one of the “ministers” of the Vatican, in charge of the bishops.

Argentina and Uruguay, a trip that did not materialize in his twelve years of pontificate the Argentine pontiff Jorge Bergogliohas been set for the last months of the year, to coordinate the agenda based on the Peruvian elections.

The president of the Peruvian Episcopal Conference, Monsignor Carlos García Camaer, raised the probability of León XIV’s trip to Lima to 80% in the last months of this year, when the two electoral dates in the presidential and regional elections in October have concluded.

A latest version that has taken off indicates that the Pope is considering the possibility of extending his trip to visits to the Basilica of Guadalupe, in Mexico, and Fátima in Portugal.