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Pope Leo thanks God as 1.5 million cheer in Peru city he served as bishop

Pope Leo thanks God as 1.5 million cheer in Peru city he served as bishop

By Cassandra Garrison, Joshua McElwee and Marco Aquino CHICLAYO, Peru, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Pope Leo held the central event of his 12-day South America tour on Friday, an outdoor Mass in northern Peru where he told a vast crowd of people who once knew him as their bishop that he thanked God he was

Pope Leo visits remote Andes town on special stop of Peru tour

Pope Leo visits remote Andes town on special stop of Peru tour

By Yara Nardi and Joshua McElwee SANTA CRUZ DE SUCCHABAMBA, Peru, Nov 14 (Reuters) - Pope Leo travelled on Saturday to Peru's western Andean mountains on a special stop on his 12-day South America tour to visit a remote town of under 6,000 inhabitants who once knew him as the bishop of Chiclayo, the

Pope Leo to cross Peru for visits to Inca city, Amazon gateway

Pope Leo to cross Peru for visits to Inca city, Amazon gateway

By Joshua McElwee CHICLAYO, Peru, Nov 15 (Reuters) - Pope Leo will traverse the length of Peru on Sunday, the penultimate day of his South America tour, visiting a southern Andes Mountains city that was once the center of the Inca Empire and an eastern gateway to the Amazon rainforest.

Crowds fill Lima streets for Pope Leo's emotional return to Peru

Crowds fill Lima streets for Pope Leo's emotional return to Peru

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

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

Peruvians flock to see Pope Leo in city he served as bishop

Peruvians flock to see Pope Leo in city he served as bishop

By Cassandra Garrison, Joshua McElwee and Marco Aquino CHICLAYO, Peru, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Crowds in Peru's northern city of Chiclayo gathered early on Friday ahead of Pope Leo's arrival for the centerpiece event of his 12-day South America tour, an outdoor Mass with the people who called him their

Pope crosses Peru in finale of trip home to visit flock high in Andes and deep in Amazon

Pope crosses Peru in finale of trip home to visit flock high in Andes and deep in Amazon

The plight of Indigenous peoples and the protection of the Amazon take center stage on Pope Leo XIV’s penultimate day in Peru as he visits communities in the Andes and the rainforest

Pope Leo mulls changes in how Church treats abuse victims in Peru meet

Pope Leo mulls changes in how Church treats abuse victims in Peru meet

By Joshua McElwee and Cassandra Garrison LIMA, Nov 12 (Reuters) - Pope Leo met with six victims of sexual abuse by Catholic clergy on Thursday in Lima in his second meeting with survivors during a 12-day trip to South America and discussed how the Church can better listen to abuse victims, the

Peruvian town hopes Pope Leo will recognize four-century-old miracle

Peruvian town hopes Pope Leo will recognize four-century-old miracle

By Marco Aquino CHICLAYO, Peru Nov 13 (Reuters) - As Pope Leo returns on Friday to Chiclayo, Peru, where he once served as bishop, residents of a nearby town hope he will revive a cause he once championed — Vatican recognition of a Eucharistic miracle they believe occurred nearly four centuries ago.

Pope Leo mulls changes in how Church treats abuse victims in Peru meeting

Pope Leo mulls changes in how Church treats abuse victims in Peru meeting

By Joshua McElwee LIMA, Nov 12 (Reuters) - Pope Leo met with six victims of sexual abuse by Catholic clergy on Thursday in Lima in his second meeting with survivors during a 12-day trip to South America and discussed how the Church can better listen to abuse victims, the Vatican said.

Pope's visit to hub of Afro-Peruvian community casts spotlight on African slave trade to Peru

Pope's visit to hub of Afro-Peruvian community casts spotlight on African slave trade to Peru

Pope Leo XIV is putting the spotlight on Afro-Peruvians during a visit to a hub of their community

Pope denounces ‘suffering and humiliation’ of African enslaved people during Peru visit

Pope denounces ‘suffering and humiliation’ of African enslaved people during Peru visit

Pope Leo XIV has denounced the “suffering and humiliation” endured by African enslaved people as he made a tangible show of remorse in Peru following his historic apology for the Holy See’s own role in legitimizing the African slave trade in the Americas