An estimated 2.5 million people attended Pope Leo XIV 's open-air mass in Buenos Aires on Monday, according to local authorities, making the event the largest gathering of his papacy so far. Crowds stretched for miles along Avenida del Libertador in Argentina's capital, with the faithful waving Vatican flags and chanting "Long live Pope Leo!" as the US-born pope passed in an open-top popemobile. "It fills my heart with joy to celebrate... with you," Leo said in his sermon. The pope also reinforced an appeal to President Javier Milei to protect vulnerable Argentines, visiting a disability care home struggling with the government's cuts to health care and social services.
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