Pope Leo met Christian religious leaders in Argentina's foreign ministry building in Buenos Aires on Monday (November 9), before holding a moment of silence for peace and victims of violence.

The pope posed for a photograph with the group of religious leaders after the meeting and greeted the cheering crowds waiting outside.

Leo, 71, is on an ambitious 50-event, three-country tour less than a month after undergoing lung cancer surgery.

He visited Uruguay before arriving in Argentina on Sunday (November 8) and will travel on to Peru on Wednesday (November 11) before returning to Rome on November 17.

A pope has not visited majority-Catholic Argentina since 1987.

Francis, Leo's predecessor, never made it back to his home country after ascending to the papacy.

DESCRIPCIÓN DE IMÁGENES

BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA (NOVEMBER 9, 2026) (HOST BROADCASTER – Access all)

1. POPE LEO WALKING ON STAGE FOR MEETING WITH RELIGIOUS LEADERS

2. VARIOUS OF RELIGIOUS LEADERS LISTENING

3. POPE LEO ON STAGE, PEOPLE APPLAUDING

4. POPE LEO AND AUDIENCE / AUDIO OF ANNOUNCEMENT OF MOMENT OF SILENCE TO BE HELD FOR WORLD PEACE AND VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE

5. BOY BRINGING A LIT TAPER TO POPE LEO ON STAGE / POPE LIGHTING CANDLE

6. POPE LEO OBSERVING MOMENT OF SILENCE

7. RELIGIOUS LEADERS OBSERVING MOMENT OF SILENCE

8. VARIOUS OF POPE LEO JOINING GROUP OF RELIGIOUS LEADERS IN COURTYARD OF FOREIGN MINISTRY BUILDING, SAINT MARTIN’S PALACE, FOR PHOTOGRAPH

9. POPE POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPH WITH RELIGIOUS LEADERS, WALKING AWAY AFTERWARDS

10. POPE LEAVING LEAVING SAINT MARTIN’S PALACE, WAVING TO CROWDS

11. CROWD CHEERING