Pope Leo XIV Sleeps in Chiclayo in the Residence Where He Was Bishop
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The pontiff will spend the night in the episcopal building that was his home between 2015 and 2023 in Peru.
Pope Leo XIV spent the night during his visit to the Peruvian city of Chiclayo in the same place where he lived during the eight years in which he was bishop of this town, located on the northern coast of Peru, to which the Holy Father returned this Friday for the first time since his appointment as head of the Catholic Church.
Pope Leo XIV rests at the Episcopal Residence of Chiclayo, his home between 2015 and 2023, after carrying out activities in Zaña and Cajamarca.
Eight years of pastoral life, friendships and work with the Chiclayan community left a mark that time did not erase. Robert Prevost said goodbye to the diocese in 2023, but he never stopped being linked to this land. Yesterday he returned as Pope Leo XIV and returned to meet a city that remembers him with love and that, for a long time, feels him as one of his own.
(The following text is taken in full from the press note sent to the Agency Opinion) ///// Leo XIV: I go to Chiclayo to live the same joy that we have lived here in Lima In this beautiful day, we are now ready to leave for the next destination of this visit. Now I will go to Chiclayo. We want to continue with the same spirit of [...]
The relationship between Leon XIV and Chiclayo has an emotional burden that transcends any religious protocol. There, in northern Peru, Robert Prevost was much more than a bishop: he became a neighbor, a missionary and a daily presence for those most in need of help. This Friday, the American returned as Pope to a city that feels his own and never stopped remembering him. It is no coincidence that many still call him Father Rob. The history of t…
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