Pope Leo XIV gathered 2.5 million people during his tour along Libertador Avenue and the massive mass at the Monument to the Spanish, in Buenos Aires. The figure, confirmed by the Vatican and the Argentine Police, marks the most attended milestone in the history of his pontificate since his election in May 2025.
The historic concentration surpassed the records of the mass offered by the pontiff in Madrid and the Jubilee day in Tor Vergata, Rome. Likewise, it equaled the historical record established in 1982 by John Paul II during his emblematic mass for peace in the same area of the Palermo sector.
The crowd occupied the 2.3 kilometers of Libertador Avenue that lead to the altar erected at the foot of the monument. “On the 25 kilometer journey to the Cottolengo Don Orione in Claypole, some 100,000 people accompanied the holy father’s passage, while another 3,000 were waiting for him at the doors of the residence,” reported representatives of the care center.
The Popemobile journey and the logistics of the event
After concluding his visit to Cottolengo, León XIV returned to the capital and began the official tour in the tunnel on Olleros Street and Libertador Avenue, on the border between the Belgrano and Palermo sectors. At that point, the pontiff boarded the popemobile to tour the avenue before hundreds of thousands of faithful, neighbors and tourists gathered since dawn.
The organizational deployment It had the participation of 25,000 volunteers. The presence of 1,500 accredited journalists generated specific incidents in media coverage and broadcasts.
Continuity of the pastoral agenda
The pontiff will meet during the afternoon with union representatives, social movements, businessmen and the leadership of the Church in Argentina.
The agenda will continue this Tuesday with its transfer to the province of Córdoba and will culminate on Wednesday in the Basilica of Luján, 70 kilometers from Buenos Aires, where the authorities anticipate the attendance of more than a million people.
