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Peru’s president announces that Pope Leo will visit in early November

Peruvian President José María Balcázar has announced that Pope Leo XIV will visit Peru in early November

The Independent UK

Can an American pope apply US-style fundraising and standards to fix troubled Vatican finances?

One of the greatest challenges facing Pope Leo XIV is financial

The Independent UK

'He listened to me': Victims of an abusive Catholic group say Pope Leo XIV helped when others didn't

Pope Leo XIV's record handling sex abuse cases while he was an Augustinian superior and bishop in Peru has come under renewed scrutiny since his election May 8

The Independent UK

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A pontiff from Chiclayo: How Peru is reacting to Pope Leo XIV

Locals in Chiclayo, Peru, have fond memories of Leo’s work as bishop, but some question his record responding to abuse.

Al Jazeera

‘The pope is Peruvian!’ How 2 decades in South America shaped the vision of Pope Leo XIV

In his first appearance as Pope Leo XIV on the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica, the man born Robert Francis Prevost spoke for 10 minutes in Italian. Then he transitioned to Spanish and, with a big grin, gave a greeting to his “beloved diocese of Chiclayo in Peru.”

The Conversation

‘Leo will follow Francis’: Catholics in the Amazon hope new pope will protect the rainforest

Amazon Catholics say the new pope is needed at COP30 in Brazil later this year.

Euronews

Meet Pope Leo XIV: The life and times of Robert Francis Prevost

The Catholic Church has entered a new historic era with the election of American-Peruvian Robert Francis Prevost as the 267th supreme pontiff, who adopted the name of Pope Leo XIV. But what has his life and career been like?

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'Leo will follow Francis.' Amazon Catholics hope the new pope will protect the rain forest

For years before becoming Pope Leo XIV — as a parish priest and then bishop in Peru — Robert Prevost built ties with interfaith environmental networks and Indigenous organizations to place forest protection and rights at the center of Church concern

The Independent UK

Peruvians know him as the priest who went 'from Chicago to Chiclayo.' He is now Pope Leo XIV

The people of northern Peru call him el obispo

The Independent UK

From Chicago To Chiclayo: Peruvian Town Hails Adoptive Son And Pope

Residents in the Peruvian town of Chiclayo chant "long live the pope!"

International Business Times

Chicago and Chiclayo celebrate election of Pope Leo XIV

Robert Prevost, who was elected as the 267th pontiff, grew up in Chicago but lived for years in Peru, where he was the Bishop of the northern Chiclayo diocese.

Euronews

‘The pope is Peruvian’: elation in country where pontiff served as bishop

Leo XIV celebrated as second Latin American pope having spent many years in Peru’s church

The Guardian - US

AP PHOTOS: The world reacts to new pope

From the St. Peter’s Basilica to his native Chicago to his diocese of Chiclayo, Peru, Catholic faithful around the world greeted the election of Robert Prevost as the new pope. Prevost, a 69-year-old member of the Augustinian religious order, took the name Leo XIV. Peruvians, in particular, were elated by…

The Independent UK

Peruvians elated after cardinal who spent years in the South American country is elected pope

Peruvians are elated after a Catholic cardinal who spent years guiding the faithful in the South American country was elected pope and hoped he will visit them soon in his new role

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Crime And Punishment: Peru President Proposes Chemically Castrating Rapists After Girl, 3, Assaulted

Pedro Castillo made the announcement after a three-year-old girl was abducted and raped in the city of Chiclayo last week.

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