# Pope Leo draws 2.5 million in Buenos Aires, renews warning over Milei’s austerity

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/pope-leo-draws-2-5-million-in-buenos-aires-renews-warning-over-mileis-austerity/
- Published: 2026-11-09T18:38:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-09T19:56:39+00:00
- Original publisher: DW (publisher lean: Centre)
- Original article: https://www.dw.com/en/pope-leo-draws-2-5-million-in-buenos-aires-renews-warning-over-milei-s-austerity/a-79904137?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf
- Topics: Government, Politics, World

## Key points

- 2.5 million attended Leo’s largest mass so far.
- He urged Argentina to protect people with disabilities.
- The Senate is due to consider next year’s care funding.

## Summary

An estimated 2.5 million people attended Pope Leo XIV’s open-air mass in Buenos Aires, the largest gathering of his papacy so far. During the visit, he renewed his appeal to President Javier Milei to protect vulnerable people as the government cuts disability care and social services.

Before the mass, Leo visited a care centre south of the capital that houses more than 400 people with disabilities, saying their lives were a blessing and a country’s progress should include how it welcomes people with additional needs. Milei’s government has resisted implementing a law to increase disability funding, despite Congress overriding his veto in 2025; the Senate is due to consider next year’s funding in the coming days. Monday was a national holiday, and the trip marks the first papal visit to Argentina in nearly four decades.

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