Millions of people at the papal mass in Buenos Aires

This is the first visit of the head of the Church to Argentina since 1987 on World Youth Day with Saint. John Paul II, which took place then in Buenos Aires, was also attended by 2 million people.

Representatives of the Argentine Polish community also attended Leo XIV's mass.

In the homily, the Pope, enthusiastically welcomed at the mass at the Monument to the Spaniards, told its participants that he saw the enthusiasm of faith on their faces.

He drew attention to the difficulties families face: "lack of stability, social problems, job insecurity, domestic violence, painful breakups, addictions that destroy the future of young people and weaken family bonds."

In Christ, who is the rock, our families and the whole of society find the foundation on which the house rests and which protects it from the storms that hit it, said Leo XIV.

He emphasized that thanks to Christ, "every family can become a seed of true renewal of this country."

As the Pope recalled, in the history, culture and social life of Argentina, the family was the source from which the basic values ​​of the nation were drawn.

In your land, which is a meeting place of various cultures and ethnic groups, the family was the environment for transmitting faith, human virtues, work culture, respect for elders, concern for the protection of life and fidelity to the given word, he added.