Chiclayo, Pope Leo’s Other Home, Comes Out In Force to Welcome Father Robert

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The New York Times reports Pope Leo XIV's homecoming to Chiclayo, Peru, where he served eight years as bishop and became a Peruvian citizen, as huge crowds lined the streets and some 500,000 attended his Mass. He arrived a month after cancer surgery removed a lung lobe; a construction worker died preparing his welcome.

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