乌拉圭派桑杜 —— 教皇利奥十四世周六在乌拉圭呼吁约4万名信众建立友爱与信仰的桥梁，他在南美洲的首场弥撒中，向该地区深受喜爱的马黛茶致敬，并提升天主教会在其最世俗化国家的知名度。
PAYSANDÚ, Uruguay — Pope Leo XIV urged an estimated 40,000 people in Uruguay on Saturday to build bridges of fraternity and faith, using his first Mass in South America to deliver an ode to the region's beloved mate tea and raise the profile of the Catholic Church in its most secular country.
当利奥的飞机降落在与阿根廷接壤的乌拉圭西部城市派桑杜时，体育场内爆发出“奥莱，奥莱，奥莱，奥莱，教皇，教皇！”的呐喊声。当他乘坐敞篷教皇专车抵达位于城市南部边缘的广阔绿地巴黎伦敦公园的弥撒现场时，人群再次欢呼、吹响号角并挥舞黄色手帕。
The crowd erupted in the stadium chant of “Olé, olé, olé, olé, pope, pope!” when Leo's plane landed in Paysandú, in western Uruguay on the border with Argentina. They cheered again, blew horns and waved yellow handkerchiefs when he arrived in his open-sided popemobile at the Mass site in Parque París Londres, a sprawling green space on the southern edge of the city.
在讲道中，利奥提醒信众，天主教信仰“自乌拉圭人民最早的日子起就是其生活的一部分，必须以创造性的勇气传递给后代！”
In his homily, Leo reminded them that the Catholic faith had been "part of the life of the Uruguayan people since their earliest days, and it must be passed on to future generations with creative courage!"
梵蒂冈周六表示，尽管上午下雨、天空阴沉多风，仍有超过3万名提前登记的信众——其中许多来自乌拉圭，也有来自邻国阿根廷和巴西——以及另外1万名未登记者参加了弥撒，地点距首都蒙得维的亚约375公里。
More than 30,000 people — many from Uruguay but also from neighboring Argentina and Brazil — had registered in advance to attend the service, around 375 kilometers from the capital, Montevideo. The Vatican said Saturday that another 10,000 had attended, despite the morning rain and blustery, gray skies.
由于该城市位于乌拉圭河畔，交通便利，因此被选为利奥为期三国的南美之行首场弥撒的举办地，此前该行程因他在10月13日接受肺癌手术而一度存疑。
“他是基督的代表，但他也是人。我们不确定他能否成行，但他为我们坚持下来了，”73岁的索莱达德·桑切斯从乌拉圭北部驱车前往派桑杜，眼中含泪说道。
Because of its accessible location on the Uruguay River, the city was chosen to host 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.“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.
“他来到这里是为了给我们带来和平的信息，因为他知道我们的世界现在需要它。”周五抵达乌拉圭的利奥正在敦促这个拥有350万人口、南美洲最世俗化的国家的民众，转向天主教信仰，以获得面对当今问题和挑战的力量。
“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, is urging the people in South America’s most secular country of 3.5 million to turn to the Catholic faith for strength in confronting today’s problems and challenges.
在讲道中，利奥请信众建立友爱之桥，并提到附近横跨乌拉圭河、连接乌拉圭和阿根廷的大桥，许多朝圣者就是走过这座桥来参加弥撒的。
In his homily, Leo asked the faithful to build bridges of fraternity, recalling the nearby bridge over the Uruguay River that connects Uruguay and Argentina and over which many pilgrims crossed to attend the Mass.
他还指出了饮马黛茶这一仪式——乌拉圭人和邻国居民随身携带的这种苦味草本茶——是团结与相遇的动人象征，并建议将其应用于传播信仰。马黛茶在巴拉圭、阿根廷和乌拉圭是珍视的国家象征，首先是一种分享仪式。茶叶在挖空的葫芦中浸泡，通过一根叫“邦比亚”的金属吸管啜饮，葫芦在朋友、家人甚至陌生人手中传递，可连续加水饮用数小时。
He also pointed to the ritual of drinking mate, the bitter herbal tea that Uruguayans and their neighbors carry everywhere, as a poignant symbol of unity and encounter that he suggested should be applied to spreading the faith. Mate, a cherished national symbol in Paraguay, Argentina and Uruguay, is above all a sharing ritual. The leaves are steeped in a hollowed gourd and the drink is sipped through a metal straw called a bombilla, and the gourd passes from hand to hand among friends, family and sometimes strangers, refilled for hours.
大家共用一根吸管饮用，据业内估算，乌拉圭人的人均马黛茶消费量居世界首位，每年约9公斤干茶叶。
“我们必须反思这些我们共享的象征，它们赋予我们身份认同和归属感，诉说我们的起源，指引我们走向未来，”利奥说。
Everyone drinks from the same straw, and Uruguayans drink more mate per person than people anyone else, roughly 9 kilograms of the dried leaf a year, according to industry estimates.“We must reflect on these symbols that we share, which give us identity and a sense of belonging, which speak to us of our origins and point us toward the future,” Leo said.
这番信息引起了共鸣。“我不信教。如果不是教皇，我绝不会去参加弥撒，但他让我感到惊讶。他让弥撒变得有吸引力，在于他谈论我们共有的事物，比如马黛茶，”来自派桑杜的64岁的豪尔赫·蒙松说。“我个人感到一种共融感。”
The message landed.“I’m not religious. I’d never go to Mass if it weren’t the pope, but he surprised me. He made it appealing, the way he talked about things we all have in common, like mate,” said Jorge Monzón, 64, from Paysandú. “I personally felt a sense of communion.”
利奥周六晚些时候将通过参观蒙得维的亚一个深受贩毒和帮派暴力困扰的社区，进一步传达教会致力于帮助乌拉圭人的信息。
Leo was to press the message of the church's commitment to helping Uruguayans later Saturday by touring a Montevideo neighborhood beset by drug trafficking and gang violence.
教会正在该地区与市政当局合作，兴建住房并为瘾君子提供康复计划。周六的最后一场活动很可能会将拒绝宗教冷漠、拥抱信仰的呼吁推向高潮：在蒙得维的亚的百年体育场举行的祈祷守夜活动。
The church is working in the area with municipal authorities to build housing and provide rehab programs for addicts. His final event Saturday was likely to drive home the call to reject religious indifference and embrace the faith: a prayer vigil in Montevideo's Centenary Stadium.
巴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到达，阿根廷是他在乌拉圭之后的下一站。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，也是此次行程的最终目的地。
“阿比乌拉圭宗教氛围浓厚得多，大家都渴望来到这里见证历史时刻，”来自阿根廷的旅行社代理人卢西亚娜·洛巴托（Luciana Lobato，20岁）说，她组织了180名来自边境另一侧的朝圣者乘坐大巴前来。
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 tour in Argentina, his next stop after Uruguay. In Argentina, Leo will visit Buenos Aires, Luján and Córdoba before heading to Peru, his second homeland and the final destination of his tour.“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 for 180 pilgrims from across the border.
一些参与当地教会团体的年轻天主教徒希望，教皇吸引大批信众的景象能够改变乌拉圭对宗教漠不关心的国家形象。
“我在家乡看到的现实是，有大量年轻人对宗教非常感兴趣，他们在困难时刻试图寻找意义和共同体，”来自巴桑杜的特雷莎·萨贝利尼（Teresa Sabellini，18岁）说。“再看看这里，这地方挤满了人，”她补充道。
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.“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.
利奥在讲道中提到桥梁，引起了莱亚娜·科尔多瓦（Laiana Córdoba）的共鸣，她从巴西南部的卡斯卡韦尔驱车20小时、跨越边境前来聆听。“这是我们能理解的事，做邻居意味着的不仅仅是共享一条边境线。“意思是找到连接的方式，为彼此开辟道路，”她说。
Leo’s mention of bridges in his homily resonated with Laiana Córdoba, who drove 20 hours and crossed the border from Cascavel, in southern Brazil, to hear it. “It’s something we understand, being neighbors means more than just sharing a border. It means finding ways to connect, opening paths to each other,” she said.
然而，派桑杜本身以一种平静的方式迎接教皇，仿佛只是一个普通的周末，装饰稀少，只有极少数住宅悬挂着梵蒂冈旗帜。
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.
周六，一些年轻的参与者表示，利奥教皇人性化的语调以及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.“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.
“我不算是个宗教信徒，但我喜欢这位教皇。他对人类传递了一个非常好的信息，”居住在乌拉圭的哥伦比亚人圣地亚哥·比利耶里（Santiago Biglieri），18岁，说道。“即使对于非信徒来说，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回报道。
“Even for the nonbelievers, there’s something to take from his ideas.”Winfield reported from Montevideo, Uruguay.
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