Argentinean Pope and President share message on the first day of visit

O argentine president and pope will share a message addressed to the people of Argentina, transmitted by all televisions and radios, on the first day of the apostolic visit to that country, between 8 and 11 November, according to the Presidency.

Javier Milei and Leo XIV will conduct a joint communication on the national chain at 19:00, local time (22:00 GMT), Sunday, day 08, to the Argentines, this being the last point on the agenda of the first day of the papal visit, which begins in the afternoon, when the flight the pope travels to land in Buenos Aires from Uruguay.

Then Leo XIV will visit the Argentine Head of State at the Casa Rosada – seat of the government – and will take part in a meeting with provincial authorities, ministers of the National Cabinet, Congressional Members and representatives of society at Libertad Palace.

Javier Milei will receive the Holy Father at the airport on arrival and say goodbye to Leo XIV on the day of departure by the plane. The Presidency confirmed today that the President will not only welcome the Pope at Jorge Newbery airport on the 8th, but will also say goodbye to Leo XIV on the 11th at Pistarini Airport in Ezeiza.

On Monday, the 9th, the pope will visit the Little Cotton Don Orione, a home for people with disabilities and will celebrate the first of three multi-tudinary masses, in the woods of Palermo, in the city of Buenos Aires.

In the afternoon, the Holy Father will meet union and business representatives at the Argentine Catholic University, with leaders of Christian communities and religious traditions at the San Martín Palace, celebrate the eve with the Argentinean Episcopate and the synodal teams at the Metropolitan Cathedral and close the day with a private dinner with the bishops in the Archdiocese.

On Tuesday, the 10th, the Pope will travel to the city of Córdoba, 700 kilometres from Buenos Aires, where he will celebrate Mass for hundreds of thousands of people and then meet with Catholic religious in the Cathedral Our Lady of the Assumption.

Upon returning to the Argentine capital, the leader of the Catholic church will take a walk in the papamobile on the streets and finish the day's agenda with a vigil with the young people.

On Wednesday, the 11th, Leo XIV will visit a prison complex and later celebrate his third and last Mass in Luján, in the province of Buenos Aires, saying goodbye to Argentina on its way to Peru.