Pope Leo shakes hands with Argentine president Javier Milei in Buenos Aires on 8 November.
Pope Leo shakes hands with Argentine president Javier Milei in Buenos Aires on 8 November. Photograph: Daniel Dal Zennaro/EPA
Pope Leo shakes hands with Argentine president Javier Milei in Buenos Aires on 8 November. Photograph: Daniel Dal Zennaro/EPA
Pope Leo delivers stinging rebuke of Milei’s austerity measures during Argentina visit

Pontiff tells Argentina’s president the economy must benefit all on second stop of 12-day Latin America tour

Pope Leo XIV has delivered a stinging critique of Argentine president Javier Milei’s harsh austerity measures, insisting growth must benefit all in a speech met with rapturous applause in Buenos Aires.