Thousands of faithful packed Montevideo’s Centenario Stadium on Saturday (November 7) for Pope Leo's prayer vigil, part of his South American tour.

Vatican News put the expected crowd at 60,000, where Leo listened to the faithful who asked him questions about religion.

The Centenario hosted the first World Cup final in 1930. Pope John Paul II — the first pontiff to visit Uruguay — also drew a crowd at the Centenario, on his second trip to the country in 1988.

Leo will cap his Uruguay trip on Sunday (November 8) in the city of Florida, where he is expected to celebrate a large Mass on the feast of Uruguay’s patroness, Our Lady of the Thirty-Three.

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MONTEVIDEO, URUGUAY (NOVEMBER 7, 2026) (HOST BROADCASTER – Access all)

1. VARIOUS OF AERIAL FOOTAGE OF PAPAL MOTORCADE ARRIVING AT CENTENARIO STADIUM

2. POPE LEO WAVING

3. POPE LEO TOUCHING CHILD'S HEAD

4. FAITHFUL GATHERED AT STADIUM, VIEW OF STAGE

5. POPE LEO GREETING CHILDREN

6. URUGUAY FLAG FLUTTERING, VIEW OF STADIUM

7. POPE LEO SITTING

8. AERIAL SHOT OF STADIUM

9. FAITHFUL CHANTING, WOMAN HOLDING BANNER WITH IMAGE OF JACINTO VERA, FIRST BISHOP OF MONTEVIDEO

10. POPE LEO LOOKING ON

11. (NIGHT SHOTS) VARIOUS OF FAITHFUL CHANTING (2 SHOTS)

12. (NIGHT SHOT) FAITHFUL HOLDING LETTER BALLOONS THAT SPELL "LEON"

13. (NIGHT SHOT) FAITHFUL SWAYING PHONES WITH TORCHLIGHT SWITCHED ON, GIRL WAVING FLAG

14. (NIGHT SHOT) VIEW OF STADIUM WITH FAITHFUL / STAGE

15. POPE LEO LOOKING ON

16. (NIGHT SHOT) FAITHFUL LISTENING TO SONG

17. (NIGHT SHOT) FAITHFUL SWAYING PHONES WITH TORCHLIGHT SWITCHED ON

18. POPE LEO LOOKING ON

19. PERSON SINGING

20. (NIGHT SHOT) FAITHFUL REACTING TO CAMERA

21. AERIAL SHOT OF STADIUM

22. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) FAITHFUL, MOTHER OF THE GUTIERREZ FAMILY, SAYING (SOUNDBITE CONTINUES OVER SHOT OF POPE LEO LISTENING:

“In Uruguay there are few marriages, fewer children are born, abortion, euthanasia, suicide, mental illness, addictions, violence, and nonsense hit families.”

23. AERIAL SHOT OF FAITHFUL AT STADIUM

24. CHOIR SINGING

25. (NIGHT SHOT) AERIAL OF URUGUAY FLAG FLUTTERING / BUILDINGS AND STADIUM

26. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) POPE LEO XIV, SAYING (SOUNDBITE RUNS OVER SHOT OF STAGE):

“The believers in Uruguay have had to learn to live and proclaim their faith. In that setting, as we have heard tonight, their experience can help brothers and sisters in other parts of the world who are beginning to discover it in different ways what it means to be a minority.”

27. (NIGHT SHOT) AUDIENCE CLAPPING

28. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) POPE LEO XIV, SAYING (SOUNDBITE RUNS OVER SHOTS OF FAITHFUL, LEO):

“Dare to take that step: get married and build your family. Don’t be scared of ‘forever.’ Marriages should open their homes to life, even when people tell you that children are a burden.”

29. POPE PRAYING

30. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) POPE LEO XIV, SAYING (SOUNDBITE RUNS OVER SHOTS OF FAITHFUL, LEO):

“When being fair and honourable has a price—pay it. When forgiving seems like defeat, forgive. When everyone tells you to think of yourselves first, do not be afraid to make yourselves last. Be willing to give time, money, comfort, and projects to serve others.”

31. (NIGHT SHOT) FAITHFUL CLAPPING

32. POPE LEO KISSING SMALL STATUTE AND HOLDING IT UP

33. (NIGHT SHOTS) VARIOUS OF FAITHFUL CLAPPING

34. POPE LEO (CENTRE) STANDING IN FRONT OF VIRGIN MARY STATUE

35. (NIGHT SHOTS) VARIOUS OF FAITHFUL AT STADIUM, STAGE

36. (NIGHT SHOT) FIREWORKS ERUPTING OVER STADIUM

37. PEOPLE LEO SMILING AND WAVING

38. (NIGHT SHOT) FIREWORKS ERUPTING OVER STADIUM

39. (NIGHT SHOTS) VARIOUS OF POPE LEO LEAVING

40. (NIGHT SHOT) AERIAL VIEW OF STADIUM, FIREWORKS ERUPTING