Peru Bishops Invite Pope Leo XIV to Visit

Bishops invite Pope Leo to visit Peru: ‘His presence will renew the hope of our people’

A delegation of Peruvian bishops greets Pope Leo XIV, inviting him to visit Peru, during an audience on June 30, 2025, at the Vatican. / Credit: Peruvian Episcopal Conference ACI Prensa Staff, Jul 1, 2025 / 15:47 pm (CNA). The Peruvian bishops ... [...]

Peruvian bishops invite Pope Leo XIV to visit Peru

A delegation of Peruvian bishops greets Pope Leo XIV, inviting him to visit Peru, during an audience on June 30, 2025, at the Vatican. / Credit: Peruvian Episcopal Conference ACI Prensa Staff, Jul 1, 2025 / 15:47 pm (CNA). The Peruvian bishops have officially invited Pope Leo XIV to visit Peru, assuring him that “his presence will renew the hope of our people.”According to a statement from the Peruvian Bishops’ Conference (CEP, by its Spanish ac…

Bishops Invite Pope Leo to Visit Peru: ‘His Presence Will Renew the Hope of Our People’

A delegation of Peruvian bishops greets Pope Leo XIV, inviting him to visit Peru, during an audience on June 30, 2025, at the Vatican. Before becoming pope, Leo lived in Peru for nearly 20 years, serving at different times in various capacities from parochial vicar of Chulucanas in the Piura region to bishop of Chiclayo. He became a Peruvian citizen in 2015.

Peru bishops invite Pope Leo XIV to visit

ROME – With less than two months in office following his election to the papacy in May, Pope Leo XIV has been formally invited to visit Peru, his adoptive country, by the leadership of the Peruvian bishops’ conference. In a June 30 statement published on the website of the Peruvian Episcopal Conference (CEP), the bishops said a delegation from Peru had attended the June 29 celebration of Saints Peter and Paul at the Vatican, a major feast day ce…