Leo XIV to ‘promote the fundamental role of the family,’ former colleague says

Pope Leo to ‘promote the fundamental role of the family,’ former diocesan colleague says

Edinson Delgado worked closely with then-Bishop Robert Francis Prevost. / Credit: Victoria Isabel Cardiel/EWTN News Vatican City, May 28, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). The city of Chiclayo in Peru erupted with excitement when the news broke that Ameri... [...]

Leo XIV to ‘promote the fundamental role of the family,’ former colleague says

Edinson Delgado worked closely with then-Bishop Robert Francis Prevost. / Credit: Victoria Isabel Cardiel/EWTN News Vatican City, May 28, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). The city of Chiclayo in Peru erupted with excitement when the news broke that American missionary Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost Martínez, who pastored their diocese from 2015 to 2023, had been elected as the new successor to St. Peter.“There was tremendous excitement. We all cheered up…

CHICLAYO, Peru — Twenty days into his papacy, Pope Leo XIV’s appointment style remains vastly unknown — but his years leading the Diocese of Chiclayo, Peru, may offer clubs. There, he priorised lay leadership, promoted synodality and worked across ecclesial faces.César Piscoya arrived in the Diocese of Chiclayo in 2017 at the invitation of the then-Bishop Robert Francis Prevost — now Pope Leo — to serve as executive secrecy of the social vicaria…