数千名来自乌拉圭及邻国阿根廷和巴西的人们涌入乌拉圭河畔的一座城市，参加教皇利奥十四世在南美洲大陆举行的首场弥撒。 伊莎贝尔·德布雷、妮可·温菲尔德 乌拉圭派桑杜周六，数千人涌入乌拉圭河畔城市派桑杜，参加教皇利奥十四世在南美洲的首场弥撒，教皇旨在提升天主教会在乌拉圭——该地区最世俗化国家——的影响力。
Thousands of people from Uruguay and neighboring Argentina and Brazil are pouring into a city on the Uruguay River for Pope Leo XIV’s first Mass on the continent By ISABEL DE BRE, NICOLE WINFIELD PAYSANDÚ, Uruguay Thousands of people poured into a city on the Uruguay River on Saturday for Pope Leo XIV’s first Mass in South America, as the pontiff sought to raise the profile of the Catholic Church in Uruguay, the region's most secular country.
超过3万人——其中许多来自乌拉圭，也有来自邻国阿根廷和巴西——已登记参加在巴黎伦敦公园举行的弥撒，这是一个位于派桑杜南部边缘的广阔绿地。此前从未有教皇访问过这座城市。
More than 30,000 people — many from Uruguay but also from neighboring Argentina and Brazil — had registered to attend the Mass in the Parque París Londres, a sprawling green space on the southern edge of Paysandú — a city that no pope has ever visited before.
派桑杜距离首都蒙得维的亚约375公里（230英里），正举办利奥教皇为期12天、访问三国的南美之行的首场弥撒。此前该行程因教皇于10月13日接受肺癌手术而一度存疑。
Paysandú, around 375 kilometers (230 miles) from the capital, Montevideo, was hosting Leo’s first Mass at the start of his three-nation South American tour that was in doubt after he underwent lung cancer surgery on Oct. 13.
身穿雨衣的信众成群结队，许多人身着梵蒂冈的标志性黄色，清晨5点30分大门开放时便开始涌入，现场乐队演奏着流行的西班牙语圣歌。人群中有人表示，尽管教皇近期确诊癌症，仍坚持进行这场雄心勃勃的12天行程，令他们深受感动。
Crowds of faithful in rain ponchos, many in the Vatican’s yellow, began streaming in when the gates opened at 5:30 a.m. as a band played popular Spanish hymns. Some in the crowd said they were deeply moved that Leo pressed on with his ambitious 12-day tour despite his recent cancer diagnosis.
“他是基督的代表，但他也是人。我们不确定他能否成行，但他为我们克服困难坚持下来了，”73岁的索莱达德·桑切斯说，她从乌拉圭北部驱车前往派桑杜，眼中噙着泪水。“他来到这里向我们传递和平的信息，因为他知道我们的世界现在需要它。” 利奥教皇于周五抵达乌拉圭，周五下午和晚上日程紧凑，他旨在敦促这个南美洲最世俗化国家——人口350万——的民众转向天主教信仰，以获得应对当今问题和挑战的力量。
“He’s the representative of Christ but he’s human. And we weren’t sure if he could make it, but he pushed through for us,” said Soledad Sánchez, 73, who had driven to Paysandú from northern Uruguay, her eyes filling with tears. “He made it here to give us a message of peace because he knows our world needs it right now.”Leo, who arrived in Uruguay on Friday and had an intense afternoon and evening of events, is seeking to urge the people in South America’s most secular country, with a population of 3.5 million, to turn to the Catholic faith for strength in confronting today’s problems and challenges.
他原定于周六晚些时候前往蒙得维的亚一个深受贩毒和帮派暴力困扰的社区，以此进一步传递这一信息，教会正在那里与市政当局合作建设住房并为瘾君子提供康复计划。
He was to press that message later Saturday by touring a Montevideo neighborhood beset by drug trafficking and gang violence, where the church is working with municipal authorities to build housing and provide rehab programs for addicts.
他的最后一场活动也很可能将“拒绝宗教冷漠、拥抱信仰”这一呼吁推向高潮：在蒙得维的亚的百年体育场举行祈祷守夜仪式。
His final event, too, was likely to drive home the call to reject religious indifference and embrace the faith: a prayer vigil in Montevideo's Centenary Stadium.
周五晚间，在蒙得维的亚主教座堂举行的晚祷仪式上，利奥承认，这里许多人甚至不了解信仰，也不了解与乌拉圭独立和建国紧密相连的信仰传统。例如，天主教会2024年没有新入神学院的修生，尽管此后已有几人开始接受神职训练。利奥对修生、神父和主教们说，要以基督为榜样来吸引信众。
At an evening vespers service Friday in Montevideo’s cathedral, Leo acknowledged many people here don’t even know about the faith or its heritage that is intrinsically tied to Uruguay’s independence and nationhood. The Catholic Church, for example, had no new seminarians in 2024, though a few have since entered training for the priesthood. Leo told the seminarians, priests and bishops to model themselves on Christ to attract the faithful.
“传福音的秘诀之一，就是要酷似我们所宣讲的那一位，”利奥说。“在这片土地上，我们许多同时代人几乎不认识耶稣基督，许多年轻人在远离教会生活的环境中长大，这种见证具有特殊的力量。” 巴伊桑杜位于乌拉圭西部，仅一桥之隔便是阿根廷东部城市科隆，对许多阿根廷人来说，这里比利奥在阿根廷行程中的任何一站都更容易抵达，阿根廷是他离开乌拉圭后的下一站。
“One of the secrets of evangelization is to resemble the one whom we proclaim,” Leo said. “In this land, where many of our contemporaries barely know Jesus Christ and so many young people have grown up far from the life of the Church, that witness has a special power.”Located in western Uruguay and just across a bridge from the eastern Argentine city of Colón, Paysandú was easier to reach for many Argentines than any of the stops on Leo’s part of the tour in Argentina, his next stop after Uruguay.
在阿根廷，利奥将访问布宜诺斯艾利斯、卢汉和科尔多瓦，随后前往秘鲁——他的“第二故乡”，也是此次行程的最后一站。
In Argentina, Leo will visit Buenos Aires, Luján and Córdoba before heading to Peru, his second homeland and the final destination of his tour.
“阿根廷比乌拉圭宗教氛围浓厚得此，大家都渴望来到这里见证这一历史时刻，”来自阿根廷的旅行社组织者卢西亚娜·洛巴托说，她今年20岁，组织了180名来自边境另一侧的朝圣者乘坐大巴前来。
“Argentina is a much more religious country than Uruguay, and there’s this desire to be here to witness something historic,” said Luciana Lobato, 20, an Argentine tour agent who organized buses of 180 pilgrims from across the border.
一些参与本地教会团体的年轻天主教徒希望，教皇吸引人群的景象能打破乌拉圭作为一个对宗教漠不关心国家的形象。
Some young Catholics involved in local church groups hoped the sight of a pope drawing crowds would challenge Uruguay’s image as a country indifferent to religion.
“我在我的小镇看到的现实是，有大量年轻人对宗教真的很感兴趣，他们在艰难时刻试图寻找意义和社群，”来自派桑杜的18岁特蕾莎·萨贝利尼说。“再看看这里。这地方挤满了人，”她补充道。
“The reality I see in my town is that there are tons of young people who are really interested in religion, who are trying to find meaning and community in difficult moments,” said Teresa Sabellini, 18, from Paysandú. “And now look around here. This place is full of people,” she added.
尽管如此，派桑杜本身以一种仿佛普通周末般的平静迎接教皇，装饰稀少，只有极少数住宅悬挂梵蒂冈旗帜。
Still, Paysandú itself greeted the pope quietly, as though it were an ordinary weekend, with scant decorations and only a few homes seen flying Vatican flags.
周六的弥撒献给真福哈辛托·贝拉，这位19世纪神职人员后来成为乌拉圭首位主教。教皇利奥周五赞扬他是一位走遍全国道路帮助穷人的牧者，说与他相遇的人“甚至在他在讲道前，就发现了基督善良的一面”。
Saturday’s Mass is dedicated to Blessed Jacinto Vera, a 19th-century priest who became Uruguay’s first bishop. Leo praised him on Friday as a pastor who traveled the country’s roads to help the poor, saying that people who met him “found something of Christ’s goodness” even before he preached.
周六一些年轻参会者表示，利奥的人性化语调和对弱势群体关怀的强调，在他们的世俗国家里引起了超越信徒群体的共鸣，因为人们正在应对一个动荡的世界。
Some younger attendees on Saturday said Leo’s humane tone and emphasis on care for the vulnerable resonated beyond the faithful in their secular country as people grapple with a turbulent world.
“我不算宗教人士，但我喜欢这位教皇。他对人类有一个非常好的信息，”住在乌拉圭的哥伦比亚人圣地亚哥·比利耶里，18岁，说。“即使对非信徒来说，也能从他的理念中汲取一些东西。”温菲尔德在乌拉圭蒙得维的亚发稿。
“I wouldn’t call myself religious, but I like this pope. He has a really good message for humanity,” said Santiago Biglieri, 18, a Colombian who lives in Uruguay. “Even for the nonbelievers, there’s something to take from his ideas.”Winfield reported from Montevideo, Uruguay.
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