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LIVE UPDATES: Peru declares itself 'Land of Pope Leo XIV'
The pope ended a day in northern Peru that began with a Marian crowning in Chiclayo and a Mass in the Andean highlands with a prayer meeting at the shrine where St. Turibius died.
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A sister serving a remote Quechua-speaking parish in the Diocese of Chiclayo recalls the bishop who came to the Andes and what he told her after her testimony.
At the shrine where St. Turibius died, the pope offered his "affection and closeness" to Peruvians of African descent and lamented crime and extortion in his former diocese.
The Holy Father spent time at the seat of his former diocese, celebrated Mass, and met with local Catholics.
