Pope Leo XIV begins 3-day South American visit in Uruguay less than a month after his lung surgery

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — Pope Leo XIV arrived in Uruguay on Friday to begin a three-nation South American tour, less than a month after lung surgery and eight years after a pope last visited the continent. With Uruguay’s President Yamandú Orsi on hand at Carrasco International Airport to welcome him, the pontiff landed in Montevideo after a nearly 14-hour flight from Rome. It is the first papal…