Milei welcomes Pope Leo XIV on first papal visit to Argentina in nearly four decades
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Argentine President Javier Milei welcomed Pope Leo XIV upon his arrival at Jorge Newbery airport near Buenos Aires on Sunday, with presidential secretary Karina Milei also greeting the pontiff. The visit is the first papal trip to Argentina in nearly four decades, since John Paul II’s journey in 1987, and comes amid tensions between the Milei government and Argentina’s Catholic Church over austerity measures. [1]
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