Pope Leo arrives in South America for 12-day tour less than a month after surgery amid lung cancer diagnosis

What the coverage shows

Most outlets converge on the same basic framing: Pope Leo is beginning a 12-day, three-country South America trip in Uruguay only weeks after lung cancer surgery, with several noting the visit as a first stop or “homecoming” tour. The divergence is mostly in emphasis: Reuters and BBC foreground his reported health, Washington Post stresses the trip as a test in a secular, polarized region, and France 24 is the only one to highlight his call for healthcare to be accessible to all. NPR and AP are the only outlets here to spell out different itinerary details and ceremony coverage, while the Independent alone mentions it is the first papal visit to Uruguay in nearly four decades.

Written by Crossfiled from the 19 headlines and extracts below, not from the articles themselves. It describes how the outlets framed this, not what happened. Open any headline for a summary of that article.