Pope Leo XIV live: New pope due to hold Mass in Sistine Chapel after becoming first US pontiff
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on May 9, 2025
Pride and concern about Pope's Peru recordpublished at 03:26 British Summer Time
03:26 BST
Ione WellsSouth America correspondent reporting from Lima, Peru
Pope
Leo, formerly Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, moved to Peru as a missionary in
1985 to work in various rural communities.
He was known for
working with marginalised people, and immersed himself in learning
Spanish.
After a stint back in
the United States . . .
