Pope says it’s a ‘joy’ to be home as Peru’s Chiclayo welcomes back its former shepherd

Pope Leo XIV returned Friday to his beloved former diocese of Chiclayo and said it was a “joy” to be home, an emotional ...
America Magazine

Peru’s Cardinal Barreto: Pope Francis was a bulldozer. Now Leo paves that road for all believers.

Cardinal Pedro Barreto Jimeno, S.J., the emeritus archbishop of Huancayo, spoke about Pope Leo’s visit to his homeland and ...

Peruvian homecoming: Pope Leo welcomed by record crowd on return to the country that shaped his path to the papacy

Riding on horseback to visit the most isolated Andean areas of his community, distributing food amid the Covid-19 pandemic, ...

Before he was Pope Leo, he was their bishop. Now he's coming home.

Chiclayo, the Peruvian city that shaped Pope Leo XIV, welcomes him back in veneration.
Catholic Review

In Pope Francis’ homeland, his successor carries forward a legacy of prioritizing the poor

With seven mouths to feed, Mirta Franco Godoy knew she had to find work fast. In 2001, Argentina's economy came crashing down ...
AsiaNews

Pope Francis tells young Peruvians that Jesus “is interested in you”

Yesterday, the pontiff spent the vigil with young people at the National Stadium in Lima: “do not think that you must always ...
Buenos Aires Herald

Estela de Carlotto asks Pope Leo to support search for missing grandchildren

The leader of Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo handed the pontiff a letter at his mass in Luján, asking him to continue Pope ...

Peruvian Town Hopes Pope Leo Will Recognize Four-Century-Old Miracle

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 ...