Pope crosses Peru in finale of trip home to visit flock high in Andes and deep in Amazon
Politico, carrying an Associated Press report from Cusco, covers Pope Leo XIV's penultimate day in Peru, a Sunday crossing from the former Inca capital to the Amazonian city of Pucallpa that spotlights Indigenous peoples and threats to the rainforest from illegal gold mining. The pope, recovering from lung cancer surgery, is expected to echo Pope Francis' teaching linking care for the vulnerable with care for creation, and will listen to Shipibo, Asháninka, and Kukama communities beside Lake Yarinacocha.
