In the coastal city of Peru Chiclayo, About 5000 km from a new hometown Pope Liu XIVIn Chicago, Catholics moved to the streets and churches that played on Thursday (8) to celebrate Election of the previous missionary They embraced as one of their own.
cardinal Robert Brevostand He was chosen as a new leader of the Roman Catholic ChurchTim Double nationalityThe American and Peruvian, and worked for decades in northern Peru, first as a missionary and then the Chicllo bishop, from 2015 to 2023.
In the small city, the believers gathered in front of the cathedral in the temperature this Thursday (8), after a White smoke came out of the Sistin Church in the Vatican. When it was announced, they jumped and praised. The bells were played throughout the city.
“We are enthusiastic about this blessing from God,” Yusus Lyon Angeles, coordinator of a Catholic Group in Chicoli, who has known Prost since 2018 told Reuters by phone.
“We were praying since yesterday, when the Cardinal Contourf began in the Vatican to elect the Pope.”
Lyon Angeles said he worked closely with Prevost in a series of charitable assistance and social assistance projects in neighboring Czechle and Tregello, and in other poor cities across the country.
Reuters told earlier that Prevost was modest and old on the ground, as well as being a person who loves to help others.
“He is a person with leadership skills, but he is also a good listener,” she said before the elections. “He has this virtue. He is very dear, we love him a lot, he is not an arrogant person.”
At Plaza de Armas, the main square of the capital of Peru, Lima, gathered dozens of people in the cathedral near the government palace.
“In the office, we were looking for white smoke to find out who would be elected the Holy Father,” said lawyer, Carolina Flores. It is a tremendous gift from heaven the fact that he is Peru. For us, Pope Pervy. He is Peru because he lived contracts in Peru, and he was a bishop in Czechlio. “
After the elections in the Vatican, Pope Leo, the fourteenth on the central balcony of St. Peter’s Church, appeared and received the crowd waiting for him. During your first speech, KababaSpeak shortly in Spanish, and sent greetings to Peru and Chiclopic.
Prevost Cardinal was named in 2023 by the Argentine ink Francisco, who took him to Rome for the Vatican presidency. Since then, he participated in choosing many bishops of the world.
Salvador Oliva Ramos, a resident of Lima, said he is sure that the new Pope will return to visit his adopted homeland and “reform” things in the country – as well as enjoy some local cuisine.
He said outside the cathedral, referring to the famous local dishes: “It is the Pope who eats ceviche, eats beans with ram meat and eats cau.” “I assure you that within a year, the Pope will visit the country because of food.”
