(11 May 2025)
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Chiclayo, Peru – 10 May 2025
1. Various of folk dance in honour of Pope Leo XIV
2. Banner greeting the new pope
3. Wide of folk dance
4. Various of people shouting UPSOUND (Spanish) “Long live the Pope”
5. Wide of poster with photo of Pope Leo XIV
6. Various of mass
7. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Edinson Farfán, Bishop of Chiclayo:
"Today we want to thank the risen Lord for having given us this Thursday, May 8, a new successor of Peter, a vicar of Christ, Pope Leo XIV, our beloved Bishop."
8. Person praying next to a poster of Pope Leo XIV
9. Various of mass
10. Various of crowd
11. Various of people gathered and fireworks
STORYLINE:
A mass dedicated to Pope Leo XIV was held at the Cathedral of Chiclayo in Peru on Saturday.
The people of northern Peru still affectionately call him ‘the bishop’ or simply Father Prevost, and it may take a while for people to get used to naming someone they consider as close to them as Pope Leo XIV.
Chiclayo, with more than 800,000 people, plays a vital role as the main commercial hub of Peru’s northern Pacific coast, with highways linking it to the Andes mountains and Amazon region.
The two-story homes near its main square are painted in shades of cream or white and the narrow streets are jammed at midday.
Low-income neighborhoods rise a few miles away.
Leo, 69 and born in the United States, arrived in the city in 2014, serving as administrator and then bishop until his predecessor, Pope Francis, summoned him to Rome in 2023.
After he was introduced to the world as Leo XIV, he introduced Chiclayo to the world.
“Greetings … to all of you, and in particular, to my beloved diocese of Chiclayo in Peru, where a faithful people have accompanied their bishop, shared their faith,” he said Thursday in Spanish, standing on the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica for his first speech as the leader of the Catholic church.
Leo’s time in Chiclayo was the third period he lived in Peru.
Ordained in 1982, he was sent to work in a mission in the northern part of the country, near the border with Ecuador, between 1985 and 1986.
He returned in 1988 and remained in the region until he returned to the U.S. in 1999.
The Chicago native became a Peruvian citizen in 2015.
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