In the coming days, the Vatican will confirm whether the trip to Uruguay, Brazil and Argentina will take place next year.
Uruguay could receive Pope Francisco in 2024, as part of a tour South America that would take place between March and April of the next year. In the coming days, before the end of the year, it will be announced whether the visit is confirmed or not.
The possibility of the Pope visiting the country is something that generates excitement, and that has been considered as a possibility on several previous occasions. The Argentine Supreme Pontiff, who occupies the position since 2013has still not visited the countries of the region since he succeeded Benedict XVI.
As confirmed by sources from the Catholic Church to Telemundo, in the coming days it will be known if 2024 will be the year in which, finally, Uruguay will receive a visit from Francisco. It would take place between next March and April, at the request of the Pope, since he wants to participate in the canonization of the blessed María Antonia de Paz y Figueroaan Argentine nun known as Mama Antula, in a ceremony to be held in Buenos Aires at the beginning of the year.
The estimated itinerary would have as its first destination Porto Alegre, in Brazil; and then go down to Uruguay, surely to Montevideo. The last place of the trip would be the Argentine capital.
If the trip finally takes place, it will be the first visit to Uruguay of a Pope after receiving John Paul II in May 1988.
A delayed visit
The possible visit of Pope Francisco It was expected at the end of this year, as part of a tour that was to take place after the presidential elections were held in Argentina. In August, the same pontiff said that a possible visit to Argentina and Uruguay “it is on the program,” but that the Vatican should study “if it can be done.”
“I can confirm that it is on the program. We will see if it can be done, once the election year passes,” he commented. Francisco during an interview with Vida Nueva magazine about a possible trip to Argentina.
According to Jorge Bergoglio, 86 years old, “once the elections are over, we can do” what would be his first visit to the country as Pope. “Right now I only think about Argentina… and maybe Uruguay“he added about the countries that the apostolic trip could include.
Source: Ambito
