教皇利奥十四世正在结束对乌拉圭的访问，通过纪念一个与该国独立相关的重要天主教节日来收尾。蒙得维的亚，乌拉圭——蒙得维的亚，乌拉圭——教皇利奥十四世周日正在结束对乌拉圭的访问，通过纪念一个与该国独立相关的重要天主教节日来收尾，此举是他努力引起人们关注教会在拉丁美洲最世俗国家所发挥作用的压轴之举。
Pope Leo XIV is wrapping up his visit to Uruguay by marking an important Catholic feast day that is tied to the country’s independence MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay -- MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay — Pope Leo XIV is wrapping up his visit to Uruguay on Sunday by marking an important Catholic feast day that is tied to the country’s independence, capping his effort to draw attention to the role the church has played in Latin America’s most secular country.
利奥正前往蒙得维的亚以北的佛罗里达市，然后前往阿根廷，开始他南美三国之行的第二站。预计这一站将是最具政治敏感性的，因为天主教会对自由派总统哈维尔·米莱的紧缩计划进行了严厉批评。
Leo was traveling to the city of Florida, north of Montevideo, before heading to Argentina for the second leg of his three-nation tour of South America. It's expected to be the most politically delicate, given the Catholic Church's sharp criticisms of the austerity program of libertarian President Javier Milei.
作为他在乌拉圭的最后一场活动，利奥正在纪念三十三圣母节。每年，成千上万的朝圣者涌入该市，在圣母玛利亚的小木像前祈祷。
For his final event in Uruguay, Leo was commemorating the feast of the Virgin of the Thirty-three. Every year, thousands of pilgrims flock to the city to pray before the small wooden icon of the Virgin Mary.
据传统，33名独立爱国者获得了这尊瓜拉尼雕像，并在1825年8月25日于佛罗里达宣布从巴西帝国独立时将其随身携带。
According to tradition, 33 independence patriots acquired the Guaraní statue and had it with them when independence was declared from the Brazilian empire in Florida on Aug. 25, 1825.
利奥成为近四十年来首位访问乌拉圭的教皇，希望提醒乌拉圭人民，天主教会是他们作为一个国家身份的一部分——尽管在随后的几十年里，这个国家走上了深度世俗化，有时甚至反教权的道路。
Leo became the first pope in nearly four decades to visit Uruguay, in hopes of reminding its people that the Catholic Church is part of their very identity as a nation — even if in subsequent decades the country went on a deeply secular, and at times anticlerical, route.
利奥希望在开始南美之行第二站之前留下最后的告别信息，尽管他于10月13日接受了手术，切除肺部的一个癌性肿瘤，但他仍按原计划继续行程。最后一站是秘鲁，他的第二故乡。
Leo was hoping to leave a final parting message before opening the second leg of his South American trip, which he went ahead with despite having undergone surgery Oct. 13 to remove a cancerous tumor from his lung. The final stop is in Peru, his second homeland.
71岁的利奥在活动中状态良好，高声歌唱，轻快地爬上楼梯，并兴致勃勃地在教皇车中向人群问候。他没有缩短任何活动，包括那些让他一直待到罗马时间午夜过后的活动。
Leo, 71, has appeared in fine form at his events, singing loudly, bounding up stairs and gamely greeting the crowds in his popemobile. He has not cut any events short, including those that have kept him out until past midnight Rome time.
“此次访问也将有助于强化莱奥作为领导者的形象，不仅在精神层面，更是在更广泛的政治领袖和广受认可的人物角色中，他远非回避冲突或紧张局势，而是提供有力视角，拥有备受尊重的声音，”智利大学犹太研究中心教授路易斯·巴阿蒙德斯说。
“This visit will also serve to reinforce the image of Leo as a leader, not merely in a spiritual sense, but in a much broader capacity as a political leader and a widely recognized figure who, far from shying away from conflict or tension, offers a powerful perspective and commands a highly respected voice,” said Luis Bahamondes, a professor at the Center for Judaic Studies at the University of Chile.
米莱i将在布宜诺斯艾利斯机场与莱奥会面，随后两人将共同出席传统的欢迎仪式并发表讲话。鉴于米莱i的紧缩措施大幅削减社会支出，以及他拥抱人工智能，此次会面可能会充满紧张气氛。
Milei is due to meet Leo at the Buenos Aires airport and then the two will appear together for the traditional welcome ceremony and exchange of speeches. The encounter could be tense, given Milei’s austerity measures that have slashed social spending, and his embrace of artificial intelligence.
米莱i大规模削减开支，严重紧张了与阿根廷教会领袖的关系，后者批评其政府将经济正统主义置于穷人需求之上。
Milei’s sweeping spending cuts have greatly strained relations with Argentine church leaders, who have criticized his government for putting economic orthodoxy ahead of the needs of the poor.
例如，自2023年12月上任以来，米莱i已将阿根廷的医疗预算实际削减48%。计划削减公立大学系统——这个危机四伏的国家几乎普遍引以为傲的体系——的举措，让学生走上了街道。
Since taking office in December 2023, for example, Milei has slashed Argentina’s health care budget by 48% in real terms. Planned cuts to the public university system, which represents a near-universal point of pride in the crisis-prone country, sent students into the streets.
与特朗普政府的盟友类似，米莱i政府将这些削减描述为重塑阿根廷动荡经济、消除联邦官僚体系中欺诈与浪费的必要改革过程的一部分。
Much like its allies in the Trump administration, Milei's government has portrayed the cuts as part of a necessary reform process to remake Argentina’s troubled economy and eliminate fraud and waste in the federal bureaucracy.
根据官方数据，2026年上半年，阿根廷贫困人口占总人口的32.3%，约为1500万人。
According to official data, poverty in Argentina reached 32.3% of the population during the first half of 2026, representing about 15 million people.
米莱i还通过承诺有限监管来吸引人工智能投资和数据中心。莱奥曾警告人工智能竞赛对人类和环境构成威胁，并呼吁对其发展实施严格的、受国际监管的保障措施。
Milei has also courted AI investment and data centers with promises of limited regulation. Leo has warned about the threats to humanity and the environment of the AI race and called for strict, internationally policed safeguards on its development.
在阿根廷，利奥正全力完成其前任方济各教皇留下的未竟事务。这位阿根廷耶稣会士、前布宜诺斯艾利斯大主教在其12年教皇任期内从未回国，令朋友和对手都感到困惑。
In Argentina, Leo is very much completing unfinished business left by his predecessor, Pope Francis. The Argentine Jesuit, the former archbishop of Buenos Aires, never returned home during his 12-year pontificate, confounding friends and foes alike.
“在阿根廷，对方济各及其遗产存在很多分歧，”诺特丹大学凯洛格研究所（专注拉美事务）的神学教授兼院士大卫·兰蒂瓜说。
“There’s a lot of disagreement over Francis and his legacy in Argentina,” said David Lantigua, a theology professor and faculty fellow at the University of Notre Dame’s Kellogg Institute, which focuses especially on Latin American affairs.
这些争论大多源于他在布宜诺斯艾利斯的任期，当时前红衣主教豪尔赫·马里奥·贝尔戈里奥在政治两极分化的国家中时而成为具争议性的党派人物。贝尔戈里奥是一名贫民窟牧师，倡导最贫困、最边缘化的群体——正是感受到米莱伊削减社会支出影响最深的阿根廷人。
Much of the polemics stems from his tenure in Buenos Aires, when the former Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was a sometimes divisive partisan figure in a politically polarized country. Bergoglio was a slum priest, who advocated for the poorest and most marginalized — the sector of Argentines who have been feeling Milei’s social spending cuts the most.
“我认为我们会看到利奥与这种紧张关系——那是方济各留下的事工，”兰蒂瓜说。
“I think we’ll see that kind of tension with Leo — that’s the ministry Francis left behind,” Lantigua said.
利奥在秘鲁做了二十年传教士，为贫困人民服务，他在方济各的形象中扮演牧者角色，其教皇任期也得益于已故教皇。
Leo, who spent two decades as a missionary priest in Peru ministering to poor people, is very much a pastor in Francis' image and owes his pontificate to the late pope.
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