The Mar\u00eda Bambina Institute, located right next to St. Peter\u2019s Basilica, was not expecting such a special visit\u2026
Pope Leo XIV, completely unexpectedly, came there to share lunch with the bishops of Peru.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
V\u00cdCTOR VILLEGAS<\/strong> That he shook everyone\u2019s hand. We were all in the dining room. Today he approached each one, one by one, to shake hands. What a gesture! Truly, what a gesture! And that makes us feel more\u2014proud, in the good sense of the term, right?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n And indeed, the connection between Pope Leo XIV and Peru is very strong. The Pope did not hesitate to mention his former diocese of Chiclayo when he was elected pontiff on May 8.<\/p>\n\n\n\n POPE LEO XIV<\/strong> V\u00cdCTOR VILLEGAS<\/strong> The Mar\u00eda Bambina Institute, located right next to St. Peter\u2019s Basilica, was not expecting such a special visit\u2026 Pope Leo XIV, completely unexpectedly, came there to share lunch with the bishops of Peru. V\u00cdCTOR VILLEGASBishop of Chota, PeruThe lunch had been scheduled for 1:30, then they said 4, then they said 1. We usually say […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":758,"featured_media":86363,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/yvqjlWAUqdA","video_descarga":"https:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bvescoviperuvianileoneeng.mp4","international_url":"https:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bvescoviperuvianileoneint.mp4","type":"bn","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86362"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/758"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86362"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86362\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86367,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86362\/revisions\/86367"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Bishop of Chota, Peru
The lunch had been scheduled for 1:30, then they said 4, then they said 1. We usually say that these changes happen, but it\u2019s not so fast. So\u2026 we were having lunch when we were informed of the Holy Father\u2019s arrival. It really was a surprise for all of us.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
And if you allow me, also a word, a greeting to all those, and in particular to my beloved diocese of Chiclayo, in Peru, where a faithful people has accompanied their bishop, shared their faith, and given so much, so much, to continue being a faithful Church of Jesus Christ.
<\/em>The reason the bishops of Peru are in the Italian capital is the visit known as \u2018ad limina.\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bishop of Chota, Peru
The ad limina visit brings together all the bishops and their jurisdictions. In the case of Peru, it demonstrates the universality\u2014the catholicity\u2014of the Church.
<\/em>In their meeting with Pope Leo XIV, the pontiff reminded them of the importance of promoting unity and communion in order to carry out the mission of evangelization.
On the occasion of the 300th anniversary of the canonization of Saint Toribio, the bishops of Peru presented Pope Leo with a tondo depicting all the Peruvian saints.
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