Pope Leo XIV is in Buenos Aires City for a historic four-day visit to Argentina — the first from a leader of the Catholic Church to the country since 1987. 

After landing in Aeroparque on Sunday afternoon, he headed to the Plaza San Martín to pay his respects to the Argentine national hero before heading to Casa Rosada for a private meeting with President Milei. 

He ended his public commitments with a presentation at Palacio Libertad, where he and the president both gave speeches in which they both remembered Pope Francis. Milei also focused on spirituality, freedom, and Argentina’s Catholic tradition, while the pope spoke of economy, technology, and climate change. 

The pope landed at the Aeroparque Jorge Newbery Airport at 4.33 p.m. on a flight inbound from Montevideo, Uruguay, where the pontiff had arrived on Friday. As the plane made its way to the welcoming spot, the flags of Argentina and the Vatican could be seen fluttering just above the pilot’s windows, as well as a sign reading “Pontifex Maximus” on the side.  

Pope Leo stepped off the plane wearing a red mozzetta over his traditional white cassock. He was welcomed on the runway by Milei, where the two listened to the national anthems of Argentina and the Vatican. 

The two later walked a red carpet, where they were greeted by Presidency Secretary Karina Milei, the Papal Nuncio in Argentina, Monsignor Michael Wallace Banach, and authorities from the Argentine Catholic Church, including........

© Buenos Aires Herald