教皇利奥十四世在对乌拉圭、阿根廷和秘鲁进行为期12天的访问第二天，敦促乌拉圭天主教徒建立信仰与友爱的桥梁。这位教皇的三国之行在他接受肺癌手术仅三周后展开。
Pope Leo XIV urged Catholics in Uruguay to build bridges of faith and fraternity on the second day of his 12-day tour of Uruguay, Argentina and Peru. The pope's three-country tour comes just three weeks after he underwent surgery for lung cancer.
周六，教皇利奥十四世在拉美最世俗化的国家乌拉圭，敦促天主教徒做信仰的“桥梁建设者”，并赞扬了当地最受欢迎的饮品马黛茶。
Pope Leo XIV urged Catholics in Uruguay, Latin America's most secular country, to be "bridge builders" for the faith on Saturday and praised the favourite local brew, mate, on the second day of his South American tour.
这位71岁的教宗在接受肺癌手术仅三周后，踏上了对这片他曾作为传教士服务近二十年的大陆为期12天的访问之旅。
Just three weeks after undergoing surgery for lung cancer, the 71-year-old pontiff has embarked on a 12-day tour of the continent where he served nearly two decades as a missionary.
拉美是世界上天主教徒最多的大陆，但一项拉美民意测验显示，过去30年里，自称天主教徒的人数比例已从80%暴跌至55%。
Latin America is the world's most Catholic continent but the number of people who define themselves as Catholic has plummeted in the past 30 years, from 80 percent to 55 percent, a Latinobarometro poll showed.
在西北部城市派桑杜，利奥敦促乌拉圭人做“桥梁建设者”，并“分享信仰的喜悦”。
In the northwestern city of Paysandu, Leo urged Uruguayans to be "bridge builders" and "share the joy" of their faith.
当他向当地分享一种名为马黛茶（发音为ma-tay）的草本浸泡饮料的传统致敬时，引来阵阵掌声。这种饮料用葫芦盛装，配以金属吸管饮用。
He drew applause as he paid homage to the local tradition of sharing a herbal infusion called mate (pronounced ma-tay), sipped from a gourd with a metal straw. Mate "teaches us to share and be together", the pope told thousands of faithful who braved early morning drizzle for the mass in a park, many clutching one of the hot drinks.
“马黛茶教会我们分享与相聚”，教皇对冒着清晨细雨前来公园参加弥撒的数千名信徒说道，许多人手里都捧着一杯热饮。“马黛茶甚至传到了罗马”，利奥开玩笑说。
"Mate has even made its way to Rome," Leo joked. Gladys Soria, 81, travelled to the mass with her daughter Adela from a small town around 50 kilometres away.
81岁的格拉迪斯·索里亚和女儿阿德拉从约50公里外的一个小镇赶来参加弥撒。
Soria told AFP she had recently undergone surgery and could barely walk but "found the strength to come".
索里亚告诉法新社，她最近刚做过手术，走路都很困难，但“找到了前来的力量”。“有尊严地生活”周日下午，教皇将前往其前任方济各的祖国阿根廷，届时他将会见并向自称“无政府资本主义者”、被视为美国总统特朗普亲密盟友的阿根廷总统哈维尔·米莱发表讲话。特朗普今年早些时候曾公开抨击利奥，此前教皇批评了美以对伊朗的战争。
'Live with dignity' On Sunday afternoon the pope heads to his predecessor Francis's homeland of Argentina, where he will meet and give a speech to President Javier Milei, a self-proclaimed "anarcho-capitalist" seen as a close ally of US President Donald Trump. Trump publicly lambasted Leo earlier this year after the pope criticised the US-Israeli war on Iran.
利奥随后将继续前往秘鲁，他曾在那里担任主教，秘鲁也将这位教皇视为本国人。利奥在这个安第斯国家生活多年期间取得了秘鲁国籍。
Leo will then travel on to Peru, where he served as bishop and which claims the pope as one of its own. Leo took Peruvian citizenship during his many years in the Andean country.
周五，在本次行程的首场演讲中，他在蒙得维的亚一个空了一半的广场上倡导全民医疗保健。
On Friday, in the first speech of his tour, delivered in a half-empty square in Montevideo, he advocated for universal healthcare.
他说，自己被诊断出肺癌的经历让他想到了那些无法及时获得诊断或治疗的“许多男男女女”。
His own lung cancer diagnosis made him think of the "many men and women" who do not receive a timely diagnosis or treatment, he said.
利奥的讲话还强调了支持那些身体或精神痛苦无法得到缓解的人的重要性。
Leo's speech also stressed the importance of supporting those whose physical or mental suffering cannot be eased.
他没有具体提及去年在乌拉圭合法化的安乐死，而是说，每个人都应得到支持，以“有尊严地生活，获得所需的护理，并有人陪伴直至自然生命终结”。
Without referring specifically to euthanasia, which was legalised in Uruguay last year, he said each person should be supported to "live with dignity, receive the care they need, and be accompanied until the natural end of his or her life".
自由开放的乌拉圭将辅助自杀合法化的决定遭到了天主教会的强烈反对。
Liberal Uruguay's decision to make assisted suicide legal has been fiercely contested by the Catholic Church.
教皇表示，教会希望“尽可能减轻痛苦”，并让病患牢记“他们的生命始终有意义”。利奥此次访问乌拉圭是近四十年来教皇首次访问该国。
The pope said the Church wanted to "alleviate suffering whenever possible" and impress upon the sick that "their lives always retain meaning". Leo's visit to Uruguay is the first to the country by a pope in the nearly four decades.
他将于周六下午返回蒙得维的亚，访问首都凶杀率最高的街区卡萨瓦莱，以及天主教大学和百年体育场，并在那里主持一场有六万人参加的守夜祈祷活动。
He will return to Montevideo on Saturday afternoon to visit Casavalle, the neighborhood with the highest homicide rate in the capital, as well as the Catholic University and the Centenario Stadium, where he will preside over a prayer vigil for 60,000 people.