APTOPIX Argentina Pope

Pope Leo XIV has urged Argentines to reject the “idols” of money, drugs and pornography and to model their lives on the saints. He drew an estimated 1 million people to the vigil in the Monumento de los Españoles. The intersection of Buenos Aires’ grand boulevards was packed for the event Tuesday night. It was the same place where an estimated 2.5 million people turned out Monday for Leo’s main Mass in Buenos Aires, a record for his young pontificate. Leo urged the young Argentines to “stand firm” and reject the “idols of our time.” He listed the temptations as success at any cost, money, drugs, porn and obsession with appearances, popularity or pleasure.