Peru Pope
Pope Leo XIV watches dancers at the end of a meeting with the Catholic community on the occasion of the closing of the Jubilee Year of Santo Toribio de Mogrovejo at the Shrine of Santo Toribio de Mogrovejo in Zana, Peru, on the ninth day of his twelve-day apostolic journey to South America, Saturday, Nov. 14, 2026.
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The plight of Indigenous peoples and the protection of the Amazon take center stage on Pope Leo XIV’s penultimate day in Peru as he visits communities in the Andes and the rainforest. Echoing Pope Francis, Leo will emphasize Catholic teaching that links care for the most vulnerable with care for God’s creation. He travels first on Sunday to Cusco, the former capital of the Inca empire, before flying to the Amazonian city of Pucallpa, where protecting the rainforest from illegal mining and deforestation will be a central theme.
