“DadFriend, Chiklayo With you, they shouted while while Thousands of Peruvian believers Who went to Massive mass He took place on Saturday evening on May 10 on the central square of the city, where Leo XIV He was a bishop for eight years.
The Holy Mass of thanksgiving for Pope Leo XIV in Chiklayo pic.twitter.com/dn6zmiwyku
– Ricardo (@cholega) May 11, 2025
The atrium of the cathedral served as a huge altar of one of the most special religious holidays that the city, located in the north of the Andian country, lived, since Chicardeian wanted to honor the one who considers them dad.
Hirs, orchestras, tenors and giant screens accompanied these mass actions, which were also a variety of authorities, numerous parish groups and religious orders.
After several hours of waiting for the mass, loud silence broke through when the bishop of Chipilo, Edinson FarfanHe appointed a new dad for a sermon.
The applause and cries of glee in a great place barely pronounced the name of Leo XIV, and thanked him, saying that his appointment was a great joy for the diocese of Chiclio.
We were given a shepherd in accordance with the heart of Christ, ”said the bishop, the successor of Robert the Opowed in front of the crowd.
He assured that the new dad was evangelized by the “ordinary people” of this land and that he always walked next to people.
The faithful also burst into applause when Farfan indicated that they would invite the Pope to visit the Peruvian city.
“Without a doubt, Chirlaio is in his heart,” he said.
Chiclayo celebrates dad Leo XIV pic.twitter.com/nl4h4ccjmp
– Ricardo (@cholega) May 11, 2025
He also stated that the previst chose his papal name in honor of Leo XIII, whom he defined as “the predecessor of the social doctrine of the Church.”
After the mass, the participants remembered what his bishop was, and now dad. The young woman gave her first communion, and the other remembered her sermon in the cathedral.
Clara, in the front row, said that once, after he performed the Mass, who fulfilled the preliminary management, his little niece “in his innocence” asked him a photograph ”with his dad, because he thought he was a pontiff.
“I laughed and said how it will be dad, who lives in Chiklayo,” he said, smiling.
The group expressed its complete illusion for Leo XIV to soon come to them in order to come to what is his city in the near future. “Dad is Chiklayano,” they shouted, while tenor sang Ave Mary as the end of the celebration.
With information EFE
