More than 1.5 million people welcome Pope Leo XIV in northern Peru
“The pope is Chiclayan!” chanted the crowd in his adopted home city. “Chiclayo is with you!”
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In an emotional homecoming, residents of Chiclayo, the Peruvian city that shaped Pope Leo XIV, welcomed him with reverence for one of their own.
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Mammoth crowds greet Pope Leo on return to Peru, his adopted homeland
After spending decades in Peru as a missionary and bishop, the first American pope is back in his second home.