Eighteen members of San Juan's Deaf Catholic ministry will travel to Córdoba, Argentina, to see Pope Leo XIV

Eighteen members of the Pastoral de Personas Sordas, the Deaf Catholic ministry in San Juan, Argentina, will travel to Córdoba for the encounter with Pope Leo XIV, accompanied by sign language interpreter Noelia Sánchez, who has worked with the Deaf community for almost 20 years. The ministry has about 40 members, but cost limited the trip to 18. Members told Diario La Provincia SJ the visit feels historic, "like embracing God himself."