教皇利奥十四世周二（11月10日）誓言不让疾病或年老影响他的热忱，敦促阿根廷人“出发去成为圣人！”，并警告年轻人不要痴迷于外貌、金钱或人气。这位71岁的天主教会领袖在接受肺癌手术不足一个月后，正在进行为期12天的雄心勃勃的拉丁美洲之行。
Pope Leo XIV vowed not to let illness or old age affect his zeal Tuesday, November 10, urging Argentines to "go forth and be saints!" and warning the young not to obsess over looks, money or popularity. The 71-year-old leader of the Catholic Church is on an ambitious 12-day Latin America tour less than a month after he underwent surgery for lung cancer.
“无论是年龄还是身体局限，都无法熄灭我们的热忱，”他在北部城市科尔多瓦向天主教神职人员发表激昂演讲时说。“我们的力量可能会耗尽，但上帝的力量永远不会！”他说。
"Neither age nor physical limitations can extinguish our zeal," he said in a rousing speech to Catholic clergy in the northern city of Cordoba. "Our strength may run out, but God's power never will!" he said.
这位出生于美国的教皇拒绝重新安排对乌拉圭、阿根廷和秘鲁的行程，尽管他切除了右肺下叶以取出癌性肿瘤。他精力看似旺盛，周二返回布宜诺斯艾利斯参加烛光青年守夜活动，吸引了130万人参加，活动还包含探戈舞者和阿根廷歌手的表演。
The US-born pope had refused to reschedule the trip to Uruguay, Argentina and Peru, despite having the lower part of his right lung removed to extract a cancerous tumor. With apparently boundless energy, he returned to Buenos Aires Tuesday for a candlelit youth vigil that drew 1.3 million people and featured a show with tango dancers and Argentine singers.
利奥警告不要痴迷于外貌，或在社交媒体上撒谎以赢得人气或他人的认可。“偶像兴起并要求我们崇拜：不惜一切代价的成功、金钱、对外貌的痴迷、人气或对快乐的无节制追求，”他说。面对“最终会奴役我们的快乐，如色情内容”和毒品，他们必须“坚定站立”，他说。“制造声响！”
Leo warned against being obsessed with looks or lying on social media to win popularity or approval from others. "Idols arise and demand our worship: success at any cost, money, an obsession with appearance, popularity or the unrestrained pursuit of pleasure," he said. They must "stand firm" in the face of pleasures "that ultimately enslave us, such as pornography" and drugs, he said. 'Make noise!'
这次南美之行被视为一种双重回归——让利奥重返秘鲁，他在那里作为传教士度过了近二十年；也让他来到阿根廷，即其前任方济各的出生地。利奥多次提及方济各，后者因从未以教皇身份回国而令许多人失望。
The South America trip is being seen as a double homecoming of sorts – taking Leo back to Peru, where he spent almost two decades as a missionary, and bringing him to Argentina, birthplace of his predecessor Francis. Leo has repeatedly evoked Francis, who disappointed many by never returning home as pope.
周二在科尔多瓦向神职人员发表演讲时，利奥表示，阿根廷神职人员可以通过继续“制造声响”并建立充满活力的信仰团体，来纪念他们的同胞，因为阿根廷的天主教徒人数正在减少。
In a speech to the clergy in Cordoba Tuesday, Leo said Argentine priests could honor their compatriot by continuing to "make noise" and creating vibrant communities of faith, as the number of Catholics wanes in Argentina.
根据皮尤研究中心的数据，约56%的阿根廷成年人自认为是天主教徒，低于十多年前的71%。在该市早些时候举行的一场弥撒上，吸引了65万名朝圣者，教皇呼吁该国国民效仿一长串阿根廷圣人的榜样。
Some 56% of Argentine adults identify as Catholic, according to the Pew Research Center, down from 71% just over a decade ago. At an earlier mass in the city, which drew 650,000 pilgrims, the pope called on the country's citizens to follow the example of a litany of Argentine saints.
在阿根廷的三天里，教宗多次挑战该国右翼领导人哈维尔·米莱，要求其让经济更具包容性，并停止损害穷人、老年人和残疾人的资金削减。利奥在阿根廷的圣人身上看到了“对福音的热情与建设一个友爱关怀国家的承诺之间的合一”。周三，利奥将访问布宜诺斯艾利斯的一座监狱，并举行最后一场弥撒，随后前往秘鲁，开启其南美之行的最后一站。
Throughout his three days in Argentina, the pontiff has frequently challenged the country's rightist leader Javier Milei to make the economy more inclusive and stop funding cuts that hurt the poor, elderly and those with disabilities. In Argentina's saints, Leo said, there is "a unity between passion for the Gospel and commitment to building a fraternal and caring nation." On Wednesday, Leo will visit a prison in Buenos Aires and hold a final mass before heading to Peru for the final leg of his South America trip.