Pope Leo XIV arrived in Uruguay on Friday at the start of a grueling 12-day tour through three South American countries, just weeks after his lung cancer surgery. The 71-year-old pontiff told reporters he was very happy to be in Uruguay, having flown a nearly 14-hour flight from Rome to get to Montevideo. "I confess that from the first day, I had no doubt and was convinced that this trip had to go forward," he told reporters aboard the papal plane. Leo hit the ground running on arrival, drawing huge crowds in Montevideo as he pulled into town in his open-sided popemobile.
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