The ceremony occurred in a diocese in Peru where he served
Thousands of faithful paid tribute to Pope Leo XIV, Saturday evening (10), during a mass in front of the Chiclayo cathedral, in North Peru, where the American acted as Archbishop and bishop of the diocese.
“The city of friendship, the city of the Eucharist has accompanied the Holy Father Leo XIV on its pilgrimage, so that it could now collect and guide the universal church of Chiclayo of Latin America, the continent of hope for the whole world,” said the current bishop of the diocese, Edinson Farfan, in a temple of faithful.
Robert Francis Prevost, born in the United States, made several long stays in the Andean country, where he obtained citizenship in 2015.
“Friend of Pope, Chiclayo is with you,” he shouted the faithful several times, applauding great joy. Surrounded by dozens of priests, Dom Farfan highlighted the “closeness” of the pontiff with the poor, the most vulnerable, suffering, migrants, refugees.
“He is a man deeply sensitive to social justice,” the religious said, inviting him to return as Pope in his Latin American “home”. Leo XIV “deeply loves Chiclayo, who always brings to his heart and we will not fail to invite him to visit ourselves,” added Farfan.
According to the local bishop, “his holiness Leo XIV is a well -prepared and balanced pontiff, with the ability to govern, but above all with a big heart, open to welcome everyone”.
The mass, transmitted on two giant screens, brought thousands of people from all the corners of the vast diocese in front of the cathedral of Santa Mary totally illuminated. In his first Vatican speech Thursday, the Pope briefly greeted his “beloved diocese of Chiclayo” in Spanish. .
Source: Terra
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