Pope Leo XIV arrives in Peru after wrapping up Argentina visit

Peruvian President Keiko Fujimori welcomed Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday afternoon at the Callao Naval Air Base. After wrapping up a visit to Argentina, the pontiff, who has dual U.S.-Peruvian citizenship, arrived at the port city, where there was a 46-foot statue in his honor at the Niño Gaelito Park.The pontiff plans to stay in Peru until Nov. 17 and visit Callao, Lima, Chiclayo, Cusco, and Pucallpa in the Amazon. In Lima, crowds of Catholics waited for the pope outside the Government Palace and at the Grand National Theater. It will be a homecoming for the former Augustinian missionary.His time in Peru from about 1985 to 2023 included serving as Bishop of Chiclayo, Robert Francis Prevost, until Pope Francis named him Cardinal. More from PeruPope Leo returns to what is expected to be a national party in his second homeland of PeruMore from ArgentinaPope Leo XIV celebrates historic Mass at Basilica of Our Lady of Lujan in Buenos AiresThe pope ends an emotional Argentina visit with a plea