The Pope would arrive once the electoral period in the country has ended, and depending on the conditions of both his health and the situation in Argentina.
He Pope Francisco could visit Uruguay This year, after the elections, as part of a tour of some countries of South America, a site that he has not yet visited since he took over as head of the Catholic Church in March 2013.
There has been speculation for several months about the Pope’s possible visit, but due to health problems related to his advanced age – he will turn 88 in December – and political issues in the countries, it has been postponed, without too many definitions in this regard.
Now, once again there is a possible date for a visit: according to the cardinal Daniel Sturla, Francisco He would arrive in Uruguay in November, once the elections are over, and would be in the national territory for a day and a half.
In any case, as he told Radio Monte Carlo, the supreme pontiff made the trip conditional on the situation in Argentina, although he plans to start the tour in September.
Cardinal Sturla has just met with the Pope in Rome, at the end of June, where he traveled with the objective of participating in the plenary session of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America (LIME). There, the leader of the Catholic Church asked him to put together a tentative program on the activities he would have when visiting Uruguay.
“If I go to Argentina, I go to Uruguay”
“I was with him in February, and what he told me was ‘if I go to the Argentina, I am going to Uruguay'”, Sturla had told Arriba Gente at the end of March, when he explained that the visit of the Pope Francisco “It depends on the Pope’s health and the situation in Argentina.” Now, these reasons are back on the table, with health in a more positive light but with the neighbouring country being the key factor in the decision.
At that time, Sturla also dared to guess a date for the visit. “The Pope does not usually come to countries that have a electoral issue, an electoral process, then I think that one possibility would be that it would come immediately after the Second round”, That is to say, in the last part of the year. A possibility that is beginning to be confirmed with recent news.
Source: Ambito
