Peruvians celebrate 'their' pope
by editors@theworld.org (Manuel Rueda) from The World: Latest Stories on (#6X7VZ)
The new pope may be born in the United States, but he has deeps root in Peru, where he lived for 20 years, as a missionary, and then as bishop of the city of Chiclayo. Cardinal Robert Prevost even gained Peruvian citizenship in 2014. Reporter Manuel Rueda attended mass in Chiclayo the Sunday after the pope was ordained and heard from Peruvians about Prevost's contributions to their community before he was named Pope Leo XIV.