Argentines have long waited for Pope Francis to visit the homeland he left in 2013 to become the head of the Roman Catholic Church.

Hundreds of Argentinians attend a mass to pray for the health of Pope Francis in Buenos Aires's Constitution Square, where he used to give mass back when he was archbishop to denounce social exclusion.

Hundreds of Argentines attended a special mass Monday for their countryman Pope Francis, hospitalized in a critical condition with pneumonia in Rome. They gathered on the same square in Buenos Aires where as archbishop,

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Catholics from across Argentina have flocked to churches to pray for the recovery of native son Pope Francis, the first Latin American pope in history

At a Mass in the cathedral of Buenos Aires on Sunday, numerous worshippers prayed for the ailing Pope Francis, who was born in the Argentinian capital. In front of the church where the pope used to work,

Missionary nun Maria Engracia, from Mexico, prays for the health of Pope Francis at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Friday, Feb. 21, 2025. AP A medical ...

His diagnosis is still "guarded." Francis, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buenos Aires, was elected pope in March 2013, becoming the first pope from the Southern Hemisphere. Parishioners around the world have been praying for the pope's health privately ...

Catholics in Buenos Aires attended Mass on Sunday to pray for Pope Francis' recovery. (Video by Cristian Kovadloff)

Hundreds of Argentines gathered in a central square in Buenos Aires Monday to pray for Pope Francis's health and recovery. (AP Video by Cristian Kovadloff)

(Alessandra Tarantino/AP) A man bows his head on a pew at San José de Flores basilica, Buenos Aires, Argentina, where Pope Francis worshipped as a youth, Feb. 23, 2025. (Natacha Pisarenko/AP ...