Pope Leo leaves on emotional South America tour weeks after surgery

Pope Leo XIV headed to South America on Friday, three weeks after undergoing lung cancer surgery. The Pope will be on 12 days visit to Uruguay, Argentina and Peru, one of the most intense papal foreign trips in decades, meeting political leaders, prisoners, the poor, as well as old friends. Leo said he hoped the trip would "strengthen faith and renew hope in the countries, which share challenges from rising inequality and violence.