Pope Leo Mass in Buenos Aires draws record crowd of 2.5 million, Vatican says

‌An outdoor ​Mass with Pope Leo in central ‌Buenos Aires on Monday drew 2.5 million people, the Vatican ‌said, in the largest event ‌yet of the pope's 12-day tour across South America and of ⁠his ​18-month ⁠tenure leading the global Catholic Church.

Leo, ⁠the first US-born pope, is ​on a three-country tour through November ⁠17. The largest previous event ⁠of ​his papacy came in June, when some 1.2 ⁠million turned out in Madrid ⁠during the ⁠pontiff's visit to Spain.