Pope Laments Violence Enveloping Peru as He Ministers to Far-Flung Former Flock – WTOP News
The pope said the crowning honored Mary as patroness of Chiclayo and entrusted his life and ministry to her.
- On his fourth day in Peru, Pope Leo XIV led the Liturgy of the Word at the Cathedral in Chiclayo and crowned the image of the Immaculate Virgin at the site of his former episcopal ministry.
- Pope Leo XIV served as the Bishop of Chiclayo from 2015 until 2023, when Pope Francis appointed Bishop Robert Prevost as Prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops, allowing the Pope to return to his former Cathedral.
- In his homily, the Pope cited Isaiah's words, "For a child has been born for us, a son given to us," addressing global suffering and emphasizing Mary's obedience to God as the path to Jesus Christ.
- Entrusting his ministry as Successor of Peter to the Immaculate Heart, the Pope prayed that "God makes all things new" through Mary's obedience, revealing the eternal destiny of every person.
- The Pope invited Catholics to walk together as one family of God, urging them to be "builders of peace and reconciliation" and servants of the Kingdom of God under the Virgin Mary's guidance.
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Pope laments violence enveloping Peru as he ministers to far-flung former flock – WTOP News
CHICLAYO, Peru (AP) — Pope Leo XIV prayed Saturday for an end to the violence that is ravaging Peru as he addressed one of the most pressing issues in his adopted homeland from the seat of his former cathedral. Leo celebrated a special ritual at Chiclayo’s cathedral, entrusting his pontificate to the Virgin Mary, before...
Pope Leo entrusts Chiclayo and his papal ministry to Mary at coronation ceremony
The pope processed toward the cathedral's front entrance where thousands packed the main square for the ceremony. The post Pope Leo entrusts Chiclayo and his papal ministry to Mary at coronation ceremony first appeared on OSV News.
Chiclayo (Peru), Nov 14 (EFE).- Pope Leo XIV crowned this Saturday the Virgin of the Immaculate in the cathedral of Chiclayo, the Peruvian diocese of which he was bishop for eight years, in times when "darkness" and "violence is widespread".On the second day of his visit [...] The entry The Pope laments in the coronation of the Virgin in Chiclayo the violence that is generalized was first published in HolaNews.
Pope crowns the Immaculate Virgin in Chiclayo Pope Leo performs the coronation rite of the Immaculate Virgin in the Cathedral of Santa Maria, during his return to Chiclayo — where he served as bishop from 2015 to 2023 — as part of his 12-day journey through South America, in Chiclayo, Peru Yara Nardi/Reuters Pope Leo XIV commanded on Friday (14) the coronation rite of the Immaculate Virgin in the Cathedral of Santa Maria, in the center of Chicla…
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