During the second day of his historic visit to Argentina, Pope Leo XIV held private meetings with five survivors of clerical sexual abuse. These talks, which are part of a larger initiative to meet with victims during his 12-day tour of Latin America, took place in Buenos Aires on Monday. The Vatican confirmed that the pope listened attentively to the survivors' accounts and proposals for healing within the Church. These meetings follow a significant open-air mass attended by an estimated 2.5 million people in Avenida del Libertador. Pope Leo XIV's aim is to express his solidarity with those who have suffered, build paths towards healing, and ensure the Church is a secure and spiritually healthy environment. The meetings are part of a broader effort to repair global relations and restore the Catholic Church’s credibility, which has been tarnished by lawsuits, widespread sexual abuse, and cover-ups over the past three decades. While tracking clergy abuse cases globally can be challenging, a 2021 independent inquiry estimated that there were approximately 216,000 victims of French Catholic Church's clergy alone between 1950 and 2020. The meeting with survivors lasted over an hour, during which Pope Leo XIV, aged 71, listened to testimonies and reaffirmed his commitment to strengthening safeguards in the Catholic Church. Argentina is the second stop on Leo's three-country tour, following Uruguay, and preceding Peru. This visit marks the first by a pontiff since Pope John Paul II's trip in 1987.