Pope Says It’s a ‘Joy’ to Be Home as Chiclayo Welcomes Its Former Shepherd
The Vatican said 500,000 attended as Leo thanked the faithful and reflected on his years serving the diocese.
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Pope says it’s a ‘joy’ to be home as Chiclayo welcomes its former shepherd
CHICLAYO (AP): Pope Leo XIV returned Friday to his beloved former diocese of Chiclayo and said it was a “joy” to be home, an emotional return underscoring his love for his Peruvian flock and their pride that their shepherd now runs the Catholic Church. The pontiff, known here as “Padre Roberto”, arrived at Chiclayo’s airport on the Pacific coast and immediately headed to a vast, dusty field outside Chiclayo for his first Mass on Peruvian soil. T…
"I want to thank you with all my heart. I thank you for your faith, for your affection and for what you taught me during those years. Now that the Lord has entrusted me with the care of the universal Church, I once again ask you for the same grace, aware of how much I still have to learn. I beg you to continue to pray for me, as I know you have been doing until now."
Pope Leo XIV gave a Mass this Friday to more than a million faithful from various corners of Peru and other countries on the esplanade of Pampas de Pimentel, one of the main activities of his apostolic visit to Chiclayo, the diocese of which he was his bishop for eight years. “What joy [...]
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