# Pope Leo urges husbands to respect wives amid femicide crisis across Latin America

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/pope-leo-urges-husbands-to-respect-wives-amid-femicide-crisis-across-latin-america/
- Published: 2026-11-08T14:15:54+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-08T15:39:49+00:00
- Original publisher: France 24 (publisher lean: Centre)
- Original article: https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20261108-pope-leo-urges-husbands-to-respect-wives-amid-femicide-crisis-across-latin-america
- Topics: Americas, World

## Key points

- Pope Leo called on husbands to respect their wives.
- More than 3,800 women were killed in the region in 2024 because of their gender.
- The pope’s next stop is Argentina, where he will meet President Milei.

## Summary

Pope Leo XIV urged husbands and fathers to treat women with respect during a Mass in Uruguay, at the end of the first leg of his Latin American tour. His appeal came against a backdrop of widespread gender-based killings across the region, where most femicides are committed by a current or former partner.

The UN’s regional economic mission recorded more than 3,800 gender-based killings of women in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2024, and nearly 20,000 femicides over five years. Leo, 71, is continuing his 12-day tour in Argentina, where he is due to meet President Javier Milei and visit a disability care centre and a prison.

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