教皇利奥十四世周六在访问南美洲国家乌拉圭犯罪率最高的社区时，严厉谴责该国富裕地区因毒品暴力导致儿童死亡的现象。这位71岁的教宗在接受肺癌手术仅三周后，正进行为期12天的南美洲之行，他在该大陆曾担任传教士近二十年。
Pope Leo XIV on Saturday slammed the deaths of children in areas of wealthy Uruguay gripped by drug violence, as he visited the most crime-ridden neighborhood in the South American country. Just three weeks after undergoing surgery for lung cancer, the 71-year-old pontiff is on a 12-day tour of the continent where he served nearly two decades as a missionary.
在高度安保下，利奥教皇走过蒙得维的亚卡萨瓦莱社区的街道，该社区的谋杀率是全国平均水平的四倍，居民表示他们每晚都能听到枪声。
Leo walked amid high security through the streets of Casavalle in Montevideo, where the murder rate is four times the national average, and where residents say they hear gunfire every night."
“在乌拉圭，有儿童因担心再也回不了家而不敢上学，”教皇说。“在一个资源如此丰富的国家，儿童绝不应挨饿入睡……更不应遭受暴力侵害以至于失去生命。”
There are children in Uruguay who do not go to school for fear of never returning home," the pope said." In a country as rich in resources as this, children should never have to go to bed hungry... Much less should they have to suffer violence to the point of losing their lives," he said.
由于乌拉圭在拉丁美洲可卡因贸易中扮演的枢纽角色日益重要，这个传统上治安良好的国家暴力事件正在上升。争夺毒品走私路线控制权的帮派互相报复攻击，导致谋杀率飙升。
Violence is on the rise in traditionally safe Uruguay, due to the country's growing role as a hub in Latin America's cocaine trade. Tit-for-tat attacks by gangs vying for control of drug routes have caused the murder rate to spiral.
凯瑟琳·席尔瓦向教皇讲述自己童年遭受的暴力和虐待时，声音因激动而颤抖。这位年轻母亲表示，她15岁时流落街头，曾“经历非常黑暗的时期”并“差点丧命”，后被一个天主教家庭救助。—— “改变生命” ——33岁的护士克劳迪亚不愿透露姓氏，她向法新社描述曾目睹一辆摩托车停在她家门前，“向某人倾泻子弹”。“当孩子们看到尸体躺在那里时，你不知道该怎么办。
Katherine Silva's voice cracked with emotion as she told the pope about the violence and abuse she had suffered as a child. After ending up homeless at 15, the young mother said she "went through very dark times" and "nearly died" before being saved by a Catholic family.- 'Change lives' -Claudia, a 33-year-old nurse who did not wish to give her surname, described to AFP once seeing a motorcycle pull up in front of her house "and riddle someone with bullets."" You don't know what to do when your children see a body lying there.
“这种情况已经变得非常常态化了，”她说。随着警用直升机在头顶盘旋，当地居民挥手欢呼，迎接这位世界14亿天主教徒的领袖，他为教会资助的12套新低收入住房进行了祝福。
It's become very normalized," she said. As police helicopters flew overhead, locals waved and cheered to welcome the head of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics, who blessed 12 new low-income houses financed by the Church."
“能与你们在一起让我感到宾至如归，也勾起了我作为传教士走访各个社区的回忆，”利奥对人群说道。
Being here with you makes me feel at home, and brings back memories of the visits I made to various communities as a missionary," Leo told the crowd.
29岁的费德里科·卡斯特罗表示，他希望教皇的访问能改变像他这样“作出过错误决定”者的生活。
“我已不再走那些通向邪恶和死亡的道路，”他说，并将生活的转变归功于自己的信仰。
Federico Castro, 29, said he hoped the pope's visit would change the lives of people like him who "made bad decisions.""I've stopped walking those paths of evil and death," he said, crediting his faith for turning his life around.
官方数据显示，谋杀案受害者中年轻男性占比不成比例地高，专家认为许多年轻人因赚钱而被诱入犯罪。
There are a disproportionate number of young men among murder victims, official figures show, with experts suggesting many youths are being lured into crime as a way to make money.
联合国儿童基金会的数据显示，乌拉圭约有四成儿童和青少年生活在贫困中。
Some four in 10 children and adolescents live in poverty in Uruguay, according to UNICEF.
油漆店老板马里奥·塔瓦雷斯表示，他怀疑教皇的访问不会产生长远影响。
Paint shop owner Mario Tabarez said he doubted the pope's visit would have a long-term effect."
“吸毒者这周消失了，但这一切结束后，他们会回到街头，”他对法新社记者说。——搭建桥梁——利奥在南美之行的第二天，呼吁这个世俗国家的天主教徒成为信仰的“搭桥人”。
The addicts have disappeared this week, but once this is all over, they'll be back on the streets," he told AFP.- Build bridges -Leo started the second day of his South American tour calling on Catholics in the secular country to be "bridge builders" for the faith.
拉美民意调查机构Latinobarometro的一项民调显示，拉丁美洲是世界上天主教徒最多的大陆，但自称天主教徒的人数在过去30年里大幅下降，从80%降至55%。
Latin America is the world's most Catholic continent but the number of people who define themselves as such 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，利奥向当地分享一种名为马特的草本浸泡饮品的传统致敬，这种饮品用葫芦盛装，配以金属吸管饮用。
In the northwestern city of Paysandu, Leo paid homage to the local tradition of sharing a herbal infusion called mate, sipped from a gourd with a metal straw.
“马特教会我们分享与相聚，”教皇对数千名信徒说道，他们中许多人手捧一杯热饮。“马特甚至传到了罗马，”利奥开玩笑说。周五，在行程的首场演讲中，他呼吁实现全民医保。
Mate "teaches us to share and be together," the pope told thousands of faithful, many of whom were clutching one of the hot drinks." Mate has even made its way to Rome," Leo joked. On Friday, in the first speech of his tour, he advocated for universal health care.
他表示，自己确诊肺癌的经历让他想起了“许多男男女女”无法获得及时诊断或治疗。出生于美国的利奥……此次访问一度因他被诊断出患有癌性肿瘤而充满不确定性，但在从罗马飞往蒙得维的亚的航班上，他兴致勃勃地对记者表示，自己“身体状况相当不错”。他的行程将于周日带他前往阿根廷——已故教皇方济各的祖国，随后前往秘鲁，他曾在那里担任主教，而秘鲁也视这位教皇为自己人。gfe-
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.US-born Leo's tour had been in doubt after he was diagnosed with a cancerous tumor, but on the flight from Rome to Montevideo he cheerfully told journalists he was "in fairly good shape." His tour will take him to Argentina, home of the late Pope Francis, on Sunday and then to Peru, where he served as bishop and which claims the pope as one of its own.gfe-