Pope Leo XIV draws an estimated 1.5 million to Mass outside Chiclayo, Peru
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On Friday Pope Leo XIV celebrated outdoor Mass at Pampas de Pimentel outside Chiclayo, northern Peru, where he served as bishop for eight years before his 2023 summons to Rome and election as pontiff. The Vatican estimated about 1.5 million faithful attended in heat of 31°C (87°F). The liturgy is the focal point of a 12-day South American tour that has drawn roughly 12 million people in Uruguay, Argentina and Peru. Born Robert Prevost in Chicago, with a Peruvian passport after some 20 years as a missionary, he flew from Lima on a plane marked “Leo XIV flies home” and will stay in Chiclayo until Sunday.
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