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Some 2.5 million people attend Leo XIV’s Mass in Buenos Aires, authorities say
Some 2.5 million people, according to local authorities, attended the Mass Pope Leo XIV celebrated on Monday in the parks of Palermo in Buenos Aires, the first by a pontiff in Argentina since John Paul II’s visit in 1987, with a homily focused on the role of the family. ...
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