# Leo XIV's first Mass in Uruguay urges faithful to be 'bridges'

- By: Andrés MP-T
- 2026-11-08T13:14:29.000Z

## Excerpt

On 7 November, in the Parque París Londres in Paysandú, Leo XIV presided over the first Mass of his trip to Latin America before some 40,000 people, according to the Holy See Press Office. He asked Uruguayans to be 'bridges' so that many may encounter Jesus.

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