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Pope Leo draws 3-million-strong crowd at Argentina’s holiest shrine

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📍 Argentina, AR·🕐 1d ago·17 outlets

Pope Leo drew vast crowds to Argentina’s holiest shrine on Wednesday, the final day of his visit before he departs for Peru, where he spent nearly two decades as a missionary. Authorities said over 3 million people packed the streets around the Basilica of Lujan, with some climbing fences, barriers, trees and lamp posts for a glimpse of the pontiff. Crowds chanted “thank you Leo!” to the 71-year-old pope, who is on a 12-day tour of Uruguay, Argentina and Peru less than a month after undergoing...

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The story so far · 102 reports · · 27 countries · 17 in its last 2 days✓ Verified Nov 8, 1:37 PM UTC

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Nov 8, 9:26 AM UTCFirst report
Pope’s visit to Argentina sets up showdown with ‘hyper-capitalist’ Milei theguardian.com ↗
Nov 8, 10:28 AM UTC+1 h
Pope Leo heads to Milei's Argentina as tensions loom over austerity, Iran straitstimes.com ↗
Nov 8, 10:29 AM UTC+1 h
Pope wraps up Uruguay visit and heads to most fraught stop of his tour in Milei's Argentina newsday.com ↗
Nov 11, 8:35 PM UTC+3 d
Pope heads for Peru homecoming after Argentina visit singletonargus.com.au ↗
Nov 11, 9:06 PM UTC+4 d· you’re reading this
Pope Leo draws 3-million-strong crowd at Argentina’s holiest shrinescmp.com ↗
Nov 11, 10:35 PM UTC+4 d
Pope Leo draws huge crowds at Argentina's holiest shrine rte.ie (again) ↗
Nov 13, 1:33 AM UTC+5 d
Pope Leo XIV Draws Record Crowds in Argentina: 2.5 Million at Buenos Aires Mass and 650,000 in Córdoba zenit.org ↗

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[Claude] Report 2 covers the same Argentina papal visit crowds, with a figure (3 million) that matches the municipal estimate in Report 1 and does not conflict with it, though it refers to a different Argentin

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