At 15.53 local time, the Aerolíneas Argentinas aircraft Pontifex Maximus took off for Buenos Aires, where Pope Leo XIV will continue the second leg of his journey after three historic days in Uruguay.
At Montevideo Airport, President Yamandú Orsi and Cardinal Daniel Sturla, Archbishop of Montevideo, shared an embrace that captured the country’s joy. As military anthems played, they thanked the pope for his time in Uruguay.
