He’ll journey on Sunday to Argentina, the homeland of his predecessor Pope Francis, who disenchanted many Argentines by not returning to go to throughout his papacy.
His journey is seen as a double homecoming of types, US-based Vatican skilled Christopher White informed AFP.
“Historical past’s first Latin American pope, Francis, by no means returned to his homeland. Pope Leo, a Peruvian citizen, now carries ahead that mantle and legacy,” mentioned White, who authored a guide on Pope Leo.
Peru has been gripped by pope fever within the run-up to his arrival.
In Lima, distributors are promoting T-shirts and rosaries together with his picture on them, whereas Pope Leo bread is on sale in bakeries. Inmates at a ladies’s jail are crafting dolls in his likeness.
A towering, 14m statue of Pope Leo has additionally been erected within the port metropolis of Callao, which he’s set to go to.
The journey will take him to the previous Inca capital of Cusco and the Amazon rainforest, however the pope may also revisit his former life as Robert Francis Prevost, with a supper amongst monks from his previous diocese of Chiclayo and a personal go to to a chapel he helped rebuild.
