Pope Leo Thanks God as 1.5 Million Cheer in Peru City He Served as Bishop
The Vatican said 1.5 million people gathered for the outdoor Mass as Leo thanked the crowd for its support and affection.
- On Friday, Pope Leo XIV presided over an outdoor Mass at Pampas de Pimentel in Peru, the eighth day of his twelve-day South America tour, where the Vatican estimated 1.5 million people gathered to welcome him.
- Pope Leo served as a missionary for about 20 years and as Chiclayo bishop from 2015 to 2023, declaring on Wednesday that Peru is his homeland where locals still describe the former Robert Prevost as 'Padre' or 'Amigo.'
- In a sermon, Leo called his visit a blessing exactly one month after undergoing lung cancer surgery, while crowds for this tour have been the largest of his 18-month papacy with 12 million people attending public events across South America.
- During the service, Pope Leo told the vast crowd, 'As I look at your faces, a prayer of thanksgiving to the Lord arises in my heart,' as screams of 'Pope Leo is here!' erupted during his desert park tour.
- Pope Leo will remain in the area until Sunday to lead eight events, including a private dinner with priests who once reported to him, marking the emotional final leg of his three-nation tour that also included Uruguay.
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Pope Leo thanks God as 1.5 million cheer in Peru city he served as bishop
CHICLAYO, Peru — Pope Leo held the central event of his 12-day South America tour on Friday, an outdoor Mass in northern Peru where he told a vast crowd of people who once knew him as their bishop that he thanked God he was alive to see them. People arrived on foot and in lines of vehicles at an arid field outside Chiclayo, a city 10,700 km (6,650 miles) from Rome, where the former Robert Prevost, elected leader of the Catholic Church last year,…
The Pontiff returns to the city where he was bishop for eight years. He meets with his faithful at a mass in Pampa de Pimentel
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