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Pope Francis will preside over the Mass of canonization in St. Peter’s Basilica on Sunday, Feb. 11.

Pope Francis met with Argentine pilgrims on Friday morning ahead of the historic canonization of the county’s first female saint on Sunday.

Pope Francis’s successor as Archbishop of Buenos Aires has voiced hope that the pontiff will make a long-awaited return visit to his native country this year, but said Argentinians must stop politicizing the pope.

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — The right-wing President Javier Milei, who has called Pope Francis an ‘imbecile’ in the past, will meet the pope on Monday.

A few weeks ago, Milei made public a letter he wrote to Pope Francis inviting him to visit Argentina.

The meeting is scheduled to take place in the context of the canonization of Mama Antula, the first Argentine female saint.

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“I believe that your trip will bring fruits of pacification and the fraternity of all Argentines, eager to overcome our divisions and conflicts,” the Argentinian president said in a letter sent to the pope.

"I believe that your trip will bring fruits of pacification and the fraternity of all Argentines, eager to overcome our divisions and conflicts."