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Pope tells Peru's bishops to accompany their flocks and respond to abuse victims with truth, justice

Pope tells Peru's bishops to accompany their flocks and respond to abuse victims with truth, justice

Pope Leo XIV is opening his first day in Peru by giving marching orders to the country’s Catholic bishops

Pope Leo gets down to business in Peru after emotional, 3 million-strong homecoming

Pope Leo gets down to business in Peru after emotional, 3 million-strong homecoming

Pope Leo XIV is opening his first day in Peru by giving marching orders to the country’s Catholic bishops

Pope Leo returns to beloved former home of Chiclayo, the Peruvian city that claims him as its own

Pope Leo returns to beloved former home of Chiclayo, the Peruvian city that claims him as its own

Pope Leo XIV is celebrated in Chiclayo, Peru, where his image is ubiquitous

Pope Leo arrives in Peru for homecoming leg of his Latin American trip

Pope Leo arrives in Peru for homecoming leg of his Latin American trip

By Joshua McElwee, Cassandra Garrison and Marco Aquino CALLAO, Peru, Nov 11 (Reuters) - Pope Leo arrived in Peru on Wednesday, an emotional homecoming for the first Peruvian citizen to lead the Catholic Church, after wrapping up a visit to Argentina that drew a record six million people over three

Pope Leo heads for Peru homecoming after drawing 2 million at final Argentina event

Pope Leo heads for Peru homecoming after drawing 2 million at final Argentina event

By Joshua McElwee, Cassandra Garrison and Marco Aquino ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT, Argentina, Nov 11 (Reuters) - Pope Leo departed on Wednesday for Peru and an emotional homecoming after wrapping up a visit to Argentina that drew a record six million people over three days.

Record crowd greets Pope Leo as he calls Peru his homeland in emotional visit

Record crowd greets Pope Leo as he calls Peru his homeland in emotional visit

By Joshua McElwee, Cassandra Garrison and Marco Aquino LIMA, Peru, Nov 11 (Reuters) - Pope Leo was greeted by the largest crowd of his papacy in an emotional return to Peru on Wednesday, declaring the South American country where he served as a missionary for two decades his homeland.

Pope will wrap up Argentina tour with a visit to a prison and a shrine before heading home to Peru

Pope will wrap up Argentina tour with a visit to a prison and a shrine before heading home to Peru

Pope Leo XIV will wrap up his visit to Argentina with two poignant moments: a meeting with inmates at a prison with a history linked to the country’s military dictatorship, and a final Mass at Argentina’s national shrine

Pope Leo XIV wrapping up Argentina visit before an emotional trip back to Peru, his adopted homeland

Pope Leo XIV wrapping up Argentina visit before an emotional trip back to Peru, his adopted homeland

Pope Leo XIV is wrapping up his visit to Argentina with two poignant moments

The pope ends an emotional Argentina visit with a plea for unity and reconciliation

The pope ends an emotional Argentina visit with a plea for unity and reconciliation

Pope Leo XIV is wrapping up his visit to Argentina with two poignant moments

Pope visits care home in Argentina for people with disabilities to press economic message

Pope visits care home in Argentina for people with disabilities to press economic message

Pope Leo XIV has renewed his call for Argentina to protect its most vulnerable people, visiting a home for people with disabilities in a symbolically powerful rebuke of President Javier Milei’s austerity measures

Pope Leo to end Argentina tour celebrating Mass with millions, ahead of Peru homecoming

Pope Leo to end Argentina tour celebrating Mass with millions, ahead of Peru homecoming

By Joshua McElwee, Cassandra Garrison and Marco Aquino BUENOS AIRES, Nov 11 (Reuters) - Pope Leo will wrap up his visit to Argentina on Wednesday during his 12-day South America tour, with a final event expected to draw millions, before traveling to Peru in an emotional homecoming for the first

Millions throng streets of Lima for Pope Leo's emotional return to Peru

Millions throng streets of Lima for Pope Leo's emotional return to Peru

By Joshua McElwee, Cassandra Garrison and Marco Aquino LIMA, Nov 12 (Reuters) - Throngs of people were flooding Lima's streets on Thursday as Pope Leo, the first Peruvian citizen to lead the Catholic Church, opened the second day of an emotional return visit home that has already broken crowd