Pope Leo to cross Peru for visits to Inca city, Amazon gateway
The 12-hour trip will include Cusco’s Saqsaywaman and Pucallpa, where locals hope the pope will spotlight Indigenous living conditions.
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Pope Leo to cross Peru for visits to Inca city, Amazon gateway
Pope Leo will traverse the length of Peru on Sunday, the penultimate day of his South America tour, visiting a southern Andes Mountains city that was once the center of the Inca Empire and an eastern gateway to the Amazon rainforest.
Today he will be in Chiclayo, Cusco, Pucallpa and Lima, with drastic changes in climatic conditions
The agenda of the pontiff for this Sunday involves three internal flights and drastic changes in climatic conditions, since in Cusco, the ancient capital of the Inca empire, located in the south of the Peruvian Andes, will be 3,400 meters above sea level, while in the Amazon Pucallpa the temperature can approach 35 degrees Read
The high pontiff will leave today from Chiclayo to the imperial city at 7:50 a.m. where he will have a meeting with the faithful until shortly after noon, then travel to the jungle.
The pontiff will fulfill an extensive agenda between Chiclayo, Cusco, Pucallpa and Lima, with several air travel and meetings with religious communities.
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