Pope Leo will retrace his missionary roots in Peru
ROME (AP) - Pope Leo XIV will retrace his steps as a missionary priest when he returns home to Peru in November in his longest trip to date that will additionally take him to Uruguay and Argentina, where his Argentine…
ROME (AP) – Pope Leo XIV will retrace his steps as a missionary priest when he returns home to Peru in November in his longest trip to date that will additionally take him to Uruguay and Argentina, where his Argentine predecessor Pope Francis never returned.
What happened
For context, the Vatican on Monday published the detailed itinerary for Leo's first visit to Latin America as pope. The Nov. 6-17 trip will be a homecoming for the U.S.-born pontiff who additionally has Peruvian citizenship and spent two decades there as a priest and bishop.
As he indicated during his four-nation Africa trip in April, the 71-year-old Leo has no qualms concerning covering vast distances and working late into the night when he's on the road. In all, he'll clock just over 31, 000 kilometers (19, 000 miles) of flight time during the trip, almost double the 17, 000 kms (10, 000 miles) he traveled in Algeria, Cameroon, Angola and Equatorial Guinea.
The bottom line
In short, pope Leo will retrace his missionary roots in Peru is the central thread here, and readers can expect follow-up reporting as the picture becomes clearer.
