Pope Leo drew a crowd of a million on Tuesday (November 10) for the third strong turnout of his 12-day South America tour, as he urged young people at a nighttime vigil in Argentina not to be consumed by the pursuit of money or social media popularity.

Throngs stretched for miles down the Avenida del Libertador, one of Buenos Aires' main boulevards. Many waved cell phones, screens shining in the black night, as Leo was driven slowly through the crowd in an open-air popemobile.

The pontiff listened to four testimonies from young faithful, who shared their experiences with faith and asked questions that the pope answered.

In a speech, the pope warned young people against worship of modern-day "idols" such as success or physical appearance, and reminded the crowd, “Do not allow anything or anyone to take away the freedom that God has given you.”

Leo, on an ambitious three-country tour through November 17, led the vigil after returning from a day trip to Cordoba, Argentina's second city, where he drew 650,000 people to an outdoor Mass earlier on Tuesday.

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BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA (NOVEMBER 10, 2026) (HOST BROADCASTER – Access all) (NIGHT SHOTS)

1. AERIAL FOOTAGE OF CROWDS FILLING STREET NEAR THE MONUMENT TO THE SPANIARDS

2. VARIOUS OF POPE LEO ON POPEMOBILE GREETING ATTENDEES

3. AERIAL FOOTAGE OF CROWDS FILLING STREET NEAR THE MONUMENT TO THE SPANIARDS

4. POPE LEO GREETING BABIES

5. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE CHEERING

6. MUSICIANS PLAYING WEARING ARGENTINA FOOTBALL JERSEY

7. POPE LEO TAKING STAGE

8. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) POPE LEO, SAYING:

“Well, first of all: good evening, and thank you.”

9. AERIAL FOOTAGE OF CROWDS

10. CROWDS CHEERING

11. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) FAITHFUL, CHRISTIAN (LAST NAME NOT GIVEN), SAYING (PLEASE NOTE SOUNDBITE PARTIALLY OVERLAYS SHOT 12):

“I can’t change my past, but I can change my present and my future. Today Holy Father I decided to stay, and I choose to receive life as it comes, mine and that of so many young people destroyed by drugs.”

12. POPE LEO LISTENING

13. BAND PLAYING

14. ATTENDEES WAVING

15. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) FAITHFUL, FRANCO (LAST NAME NOT GIVEN), SAYING:

“But sometimes I feel that on one side is my life with Jesus, and on the other is my working life. Saint Father, how do I integrate these realities?”

16. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) POPE LEO, SAYING:

“We don’t have to live two lives, one for God and another for our occupations, as if there were a conflict between them. When you work or study or you share with your friends, do it with love.”

17. POPE LEO GREETING FRANCO

18. AERIAL VIEW OF ALTAR

19. VARIOUS OF TANGO PERFORMANCE

20. POPE LEO WATCHING PERFORMANCE

21. AERIAL VIEW OF EVENT

22. POPE LEO HOLDING CANDLE

23. BAND PLAYING

24. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) POPE LEO, SAYING:

“You too are called to stand firm before the idols of our time. Do not kneel before that which cannot give you life, and if you have ever fallen, get up. Do not allow anything or anyone to take away the freedom that God has given you.”

25. VARIOUS OF ATTENDEES CHEERING (Spanish): “Francis, Francis” (ED’S NOTE: REFERRING TO POPE FRANCIS)

26. POPE FRANCIS SMILING

27. VARIOUS OF CROWDS CHEERING

28. POPE LEO SINGING AND WATCHING FIREWORKS

29. AERIAL VIEW OF FIREWORKS

30. POPE LEO SINGING AND WATCHING FIREWORKS

31. AERIAL VIEW OF FIREWORKS