# Pope Leo XIV starts Uruguay tour, calls for healthcare for all

- By: Newsline Post Newsroom
- 2026-11-07T10:19:04.000Z

## Excerpt

Leo XIV began a twelve-day trip through Uruguay, Argentina and Peru in Montevideo on 6 November. In his first speech he asked that healthcare reach everyone regardless of their means, and he defended a secular state that does not confine religion to private life.

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