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Pope Leo in Uruguay to kick off South America tour just weeks after lung surgery
Pope Leo began an emotionally charged tour of South America on Friday, returning to a continent that helped shape his priesthood just three weeks after undergoing lung cancer surgery. The 71-year-old head of the Catholic Church will visit Uruguay, Argentina and Peru over 12 days in one of the most i
Associated Press
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Across the coverage, the shared frame is Pope Leo’s first Latin America or South America trip, centered on Uruguay as the opening stop and on the timing after recent lung surgery. BBC News, NPR, France 24 and Reuters all foreground the surgery and the multi-country itinerary, while NBC News adds the Vatican’s description of the trip as a “homecoming” in its extract. AP is the most varied, with one brief on Uruguay’s reaction, one on the departure from Rome, and one live update on his arrival in Montevideo.
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