Pope Leo XIV will undertake his sixth international apostolic journey between 6 and 17 November 2026, which will take him to Uruguay, Argentina and Peru. The announcement was made by Matteo Bruni, Director of the Holy See Press Office, who described the trip as a time of listening and encounter.
According to Bruni, the focus of the visit will be on the witness of the local Churches and on human dignity. The journey is presented as a path of communion, in which the Pontiff will meet Christian communities in the three countries and will be attentive to the realities in which they live and carry out their mission. The formula chosen by the Holy See places in the foreground not only the official gestures, but also the way the Church relates to the people it serves.
The choice of the three countries fits into the Pontiffs' constant attention to Latin America, a region with an important weight in the life of world Catholicism. Argentina is the country of origin of Pope Leo XIV, and its inclusion in the itinerary makes the visit also a return of the Pontiff to the place where he was formed. Uruguay and Peru complete the route, linking the Southern Cone with the Andean region and offering a picture of the diversity of the Catholic communities in the region.
The Holy See Press Office stressed that the visit has not only a protocol dimension but also a pastoral one. Meetings with bishops, priests, laity and ordinary people are expected to be moments in which the Church listens to its own communities, and the dignity of the human person remains the central reference of the message. In this logic, the term communion designates not only the relations between Rome and the local Churches, but also the bond between believers and the societies in which they live.
The November 2026 trip is Leo XIV's sixth international journey since his election, placing it within the series of visits through which the Pontiff aims to strengthen the bond with the local Churches around the world. The detailed programme, with the cities and events of each stage, was not made public in the materials available at the time of the announcement, and the Holy See is expected to communicate it as preparations advance.