Over three million Catholic faithful received Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday as he arrived in Peru, the nation where the Pope, as Robert Prevost, served first as missionary and then as a bishop for decades.
\n\nThe earthly head of the Catholic Church landed in Lima on Wednesday to begin the final leg of his first Apostolic Journey throughout Latin America that also saw him visit Argentina and Uruguay.
\n\nThe pontiff’s visit to Peru was highly anticipated by the local faithful, as the American-born Pope considers himself an honorary Peruvian and holds dual Peruvian citizenship. Pope Leo has never been shy about expressing his fondness for Peru, which he affectionately refers to as his “second homeland.”
\n\nPope Leo’s ongoing five-day visit to Peru has been widely described as a “homecoming” for the head of the Catholic Church.
\n\nThe Pope arrived in Lima’s Callao Air Base around 5:00 p.m. (local time) and was received by President Keiko Fujimori and other government officials. Vatican News detailed that the Pope briefly stopped to greet the crowd of jubilant Faithful that awaited his arrival at the runway before holding a private meeting with President Fujimori.
\n\nPope Leo boarded a “Popemobile” and travelled some 20 kilometers…
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