Copy link Archive article share on :Pope Leo XIV will visit Uruguay from November 6 to 8 — his first trip to Latin America as pontiff, and the first papal visit to the country since John Paul II went in 1988. Shrine of Our Lady of the Thirty Three in Florida, Uruguay santuariovirgentreintaytres.comPope Pius IX formally declared her patroness of Uruguay in 1857, a recognition confirmed by successive popes. The image was eventually moved to Florida, where the cathedral bearing her title houses her today. A city to the east of the country took her name — Treinta y Tres — as a permanent reminder. Her feast day is November 21, the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary — just days after Leo XIV’s visit.