Pope Leo XIV to Visit Peru in November
The trip is expected to last 8 to 10 days and include five cities as the Vatican and Peruvian officials finalize the itinerary.
- On Wednesday, Peruvian President José María Balcázar confirmed that Pope Leo XIV will visit Peru during the first half of November in a trip expected to last between eight and 10 days across five cities: Lima, Piura, Chiclayo, Cusco and Pucallpa.
- Pope Leo XIV maintains deep ties to Peru, where he lived for more than two decades during three different stages of his pastoral ministry and became a naturalized citizen in 2015, serving as bishop in the Diocese of Chiclayo until 2023.
- Peru launched an official religious and tourism circuit, 'Paths of Pope Leo XIV,' in May 2025, which links more than 35 landmarks including the Cathedral of St. Mary and the Royal Tombs of Sipán Museum across several cities.
- Balcázar announced the visit after a two-hour private audience at the Vatican, where they discussed migration, human rights, and illegal mining, with the pope expressing hope that 'Peruvians can come together' and politicians will have plans for the future.
- The final itinerary remains under discussion, and organizers have not ruled out potential visits to Puno and Iquitos as they finalize the schedule for the pontiff's November return to the country.
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Leon XIV has personally confirmed this Thursday to the interim president of Peru , José María Balcázar, who will travel to this country and others from South America in the first fortnight of November . It has been during a farewell hearing in the Vatican . In the papal agenda of trips outside Italy for now there is only one visit to France, from 25 to 28 September .«We have had practically two hours of dialogue with him . And he has already bee…
Pope Leo XIV to visit Peru in early November, interim president says
LIMA, June 18 (Reuters) - Peru's interim president Jose Balcazar said on Thursday that Pope Leo XIV will visit the Andean country in the first half of November, according to a statement from the Lima government after the president met with the pope at Vatican City.
In an audience held this Thursday at the Holy See, Pope Leon XIV confirmed to the interim president of Peru, José María Balcázar, that in the first fortnight of November he will travel to that country, in which he was first missionary and then bishop of Chiclayo.Peru also granted him Peruvian citizenship in 2015. It remains to know whether before or after the trip to Peru he will go to Argentina and Uruguay, the other two planned but unofficial …
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