The Wild Reaction Of Seminarians From Pope Leo’s Former Diocese In Peru Is Going Viral

The Wild Reaction Of Seminarians From Pope Leo’s Former Diocese In Peru Is Going Viral

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Chiclayo's main square resonated with hammering and music, and people were gathering expectantly as scaffolding was installed for the huge digital screens in front of the city's cathedral. The open-air mass...

Caitlin Stephen Hu, Stefano Pozzebon, David von Blohn and Andy Ortiz Chiclayo's main square resonated with hammering and music, and people were gathering expectantly as the scaffolds for the huge digital screens were installed in front of the city's cathedral. Saturday's open-air mass would be very special: a celebration commemorating the rise to the throne of Pope Leo XIV, the world's first American pope, but better known here as Roberto, the w…

The ceremony in honor of Pope Leo XIV in the Peruvian city where he was bishop for approximately eight years began on Saturday night with a procession of altar boys and priests. It ended almost at dawn, with dancers disguised as demons swirling on the stairs of his old church. Entremedio, there was a mass, communion, many hymns, a band of students, a choir, fireworks, a musical performance by one of the priests—acclaimed as a rock star with whit…

It is in Chiclayo, the city where the new Pope Leo XIV lived in Peru, where international interest is placed after the new Pontiff named the town in his first speech on the balcony of the Basilica of St. Peter. Therefore, his mayor’s office will launch “The Pope’s Route”, a touristic-religious tour through corners of the city and province that marked the new Pontiff, according to El Comercio.

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