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'God loves Peru': Country celebrates new Pope as one of their own
Robert Prevost is a citizen of the country, reportedly referring to it as "mi segunda patria" – my second homeland.
As a young priest in Peru, Pope Leo XIV survived a bomb threat and charmed locals
Hector Camacho remembers Robert Prevost, set to be formally inaugurated as Pope Leo XIV on Sunday, as a young jeans-wearing ...
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Peru imposes curfew and deploys military after massacre of 13 miners
Peru’s government imposed a nighttime curfew and following the abduction and murder of 13 security workers at the Poderosa ...
Rejoicing Peruvians see Pope Leo XIV as one of their own after his many years in Peru
Peruvians are elated after a Catholic cardinal who spent years guiding the faithful in the South American country was elected ...
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Faithful of Peru diocese celebrate papal election of man they regard as one of their own
Attendees at the Mass shouted "¡Viva el Papa León!" ("Long live Pope Leo!") and "¡El papa es chiclayano!" ("The pope is a ...
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Peru's Augustinian friars remember 'Monsignor Roberto' as defender of 'those who have nothing'
Peruvians have expressed pride and surprise in one of their own becoming pontiff. Augustinians in the country have expressed ...
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Now he and 12 others are dead in one of the country's worst mining massacres. Americascategory· May 6, 2025 Gold mining suspended in Peru's north after 13 miners killed Mining in Peru's northern ...
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Foreign travel to Peru surges in 2024
“This shows again that there is interest in our country. Peru is a paradise for cultural, nature, and adventure tourism. As a government we are working on a policy to position the country as an ...
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US State Department suspends Peruvian wild-caught shrimp imports over turtle protections
Peru’s ability to export wild-caught shrimp to the U.S. will now be suspended as of 1 June. The U.S. has imported USD 31.5 ...