Record crowd greets Pope Leo as he calls Peru his homeland in emotional visit
Pope Leo XIV urged reconciliation and support for the poor as he met with Peru’s leaders and drew a crowd of about 3 million, officials said.
- On Wednesday, Pope Leo XIV arrived in Peru for a multi-city tour, marking a homecoming for the first Peruvian pope and dual citizen of the United States and Peru visiting Lima, Cusco, and Chiclayo.
- Cardinal Robert Prevost served as Bishop of Chiclayo, where his social work shaped his ministry; he led campaigns raising more than US$380,000 for two oxygen plants during the pandemic.
- Rising violent crime and income inequality plague Peru; with 25.7% of the population living in monetary poverty, the nation faces persistent instability as El Niño threatens intense rainfall through March 2027.
- Huge crowds are expected to welcome the pontiff despite Catholic identification declining to around 67% from previous levels; analysts suggest the visit provides unity in a nation weary of political corruption.
- Leo will travel to Pucallpa in the Amazon to honor Indigenous peoples and celebrate Mass; he will also meet local groups in Cusco, the former capital of the Inca empire.
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RECIT - Leo XIV arrived Wednesday night in Lima. He gives five days of his Latin American tour to this country of which he is a national and where he was a missionary and then bishop for twenty years.
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"The Pope is from Peru" were the words with which millions of Peruvians received the American Pontiff. Returning to the adoptive country made Leo XIV remember the more than 20 years in which he practiced faith in Peru.
Leo XIV arrives in Peru, his “homeland”, defending international law and reconciliation
Pope Leo XIV arrived in Lima on Wednesday, the final stage of his South American tour, and in his first speech in Peru, the country where he lived for some twenty years and whose nationality he holds, called for diplomacy that “respects international law” in the face of wars and for the country’s past events “to be dealt with justice and sensitivity”.
Pope Leo Returns to Beloved Former Home of Chiclayo, the ...
Peru: Pope Leo XIV returns to his adopted homeland on historic visit
Pope Leo XIV received a rapturous welcome in Peru, on 11 November, where he spent more than two decades as a missionary and bishop. Greeted by President Keiko Fujimori, he described his return as a homecoming.
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