Pope Leo welcomed by millions in his second ‘homeland’ of Peru
On his Latin America tour, the pontiff is expected to spend 3 days in Chiclayo, where he was bishop from 2015-2023.
On his Latin America tour, the pontiff is expected to spend 3 days in Chiclayo, where he was bishop from 2015-2023.
Pope Leo XIV is visiting the country, where he spent nearly a decade as bishop, during an 11-day South American tour
Pope Leo returns to Peru, the country that shaped his path to the papacy. CNN’s Christopher Lamb reports from Lima, where the pope deplaned for his journey to multiple cities across the country.
After lung surgery, Pope Leo embarks on a 12-day tour of South America, navigating political tensions and returning to Peru, the place he once called home.
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Pope Leo, who had part of a lung removed last month, will visit Uruguay, Argentina and Peru.
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Riding on horseback to visit the most isolated Andean areas of his community, distributing food amid the Covid-19 pandemic, or wearing rubber boots in the water and mud of floods: this is how many Peruvians remember the man who is now Pope Leo XIV.