Pope Leo XIV Returns to Chiclayo, His Former Diocese
Pope Leo XIV celebrated Mass and met clergy, seminarians and lay leaders as thousands lined the streets to welcome his return, officials said.
- On Friday, Pope Leo returned to Chiclayo, Peru, visiting his former diocese for the first time since his election as pontiff. Crowds welcomed him at the airport, remembering the leader who spent two decades serving as a missionary and bishop in the region.
- During his 20-year tenure in Peru, Pope Leo championed social justice and Indigenous rights while learning local languages to communicate church teachings effectively. His dedication to the region remains a defining part of his identity and ministry.
- The El Trebol restaurant displayed a life-sized cutout of the Pope to celebrate the homecoming. Reflecting on his past ministry, the pontiff joked about "doubting Thomases" while greeting residents who remembered him fondly.
- Pope Leo held mass outside the cathedral where he once celebrated services, later addressing local clergy, seminarians, and members of synodal teams. He also spoke at the Catholic university, where he previously served as chancellor.
- Observers noted that his ministry in Peru significantly shaped the pontiff's approach to the papacy, particularly his focus on the poor and marginalized. This homecoming underscored his enduring emotional connection to the region and its people.
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Pope Leo XIV spoke to a crowd of twenty thousand about the dire consequences of poverty, migration, and the depopulation of rural villages in Peru.
Pope Leo XIV expressed his concern on Saturday (14) about the suffering of rural communities under pressure from poverty, during a mass in a small village in the Andes of northern Peru. The 71-year-old American Pope arrived on Wednesday in Peru, a country of which he also has a nationality and where he lived for almost two decades. This is the last stage of a 12-day journey that included Uruguay and Argentina, a month after undergoing surgery fo…
Pope Leon XIV warned in the Andes of Peru about the migration, poverty and low birth rate that empty rural communities. Cajamarca records 729,000 internal migrants.
Pope Leo XIV visits former diocese of Chiclayo in Peru
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