Argentine workshops prepare for Pope Leo XIV’s expected visit, reports say

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Argentine cooperatives, textile workshops, religious groups and small businesses have prepared special orders and products connected to Pope Leo XIV’s expected arrival, according to iProfesional.com, with activity reported in several provinces.

One of the largest reported orders went to Cooperativa Textil San Cayetano. According to iProfesional.com, the cooperative received a request for 4,800 stoles for priests and 9,500 bibs for servers, volunteers and Eucharistic ministers. Production was distributed among workshops in several Argentine localities, linking the preparations to a wider network of textile units.

The preparations also extended beyond clothing. In Córdoba, four religious sisters were reportedly working on about 400,000 hosts for the papal celebrations. In Chubut, four workshops connected to Cáritas’s Red de Economía Social y Solidaria made 300 bibs and more than 600 stoles for provincial representatives, according to the same report.

Other locally produced items included chairs for the ceremony, the restoration of a historical crucifix, commemorative ecological bags and candles, and baked goods bearing Pope Leo XIV’s image, iProfesional.com reported. The range of products shows that the reported preparations involve both religious institutions and small commercial and artisan ventures.

The reported preparations come against the backdrop of the pope’s Uruguay itinerary. Before the planned journey to Argentina, iProfesional.com reported that Leo XIV visited homes and spoke with residents in Casavalle, in northern Montevideo, addressing social exclusion and calling for cooperation among the Church, civil society and the state.

Panamericana Televisión reported that the pope celebrated a Mass attended by thousands of faithful in Paysandú before continuing activities in Montevideo, Argentina and later Peru. Separately, iProfesional.com reported that a flight to Buenos Aires was scheduled for November 8, 2026, after the Uruguay program, with the Argentine visit beginning upon arrival.

The available reporting does not establish confirmation of the Argentina visit by the Vatican or Argentine authorities. It also does not specify the complete Argentine itinerary or the total scale and economic value of the reported preparations, leaving those details unresolved.

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