# Casavalle, the vulnerable neighborhood on the outskirts of Montevideo awaiting Pope Leo XIV

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/casavalle-the-vulnerable-neighborhood-on-the-outskirts-of-montevideo-awaiting-pope-leo-xiv/
- Published: 2026-11-05T16:48:10+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-05T17:55:43+00:00
- Original publisher: El País (publisher lean: Left)
- Original article: https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-11-05/casavalle-the-vulnerable-neighborhood-on-the-outskirts-of-montevideo-awaiting-pope-leo-xiv.html
- Topics: Health, Medicine, World

## Key points

- Pope Leo XIV is due to visit Casavalle this weekend.
- The neighbourhood faces poverty, insecurity and gaps in public services.
- A local parish supports families and has helped build decent homes.

## Summary

Casavalle, one of Montevideo’s most vulnerable neighbourhoods, is preparing to receive Pope Leo XIV this weekend. The visit will bring attention to a community facing poverty and insecurity, where residents say they often feel excluded and left behind.

At Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish, priest Pablo Coimbra describes how the church works through daily contact with families, while saying public services are present but often slow and ineffective. The parish has helped build homes with proper foundations, concrete floors and windows, which Coimbra says support children’s education and improve living conditions. Around the church, public facilities sit alongside dirt roads, open sewage and gang violence; the parish, which holds Mass for about 200 people each Sunday, is preparing for the Pope’s visit.

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