Pope Leo XIV Deplores the ‘Great Suffering and Humiliation’ of Afro-Peruvians

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Faithful from the Afro-Peruvian communities of the Diocese of Chiclayo attend the prayer meeting with Pope Leo XIV in Zaña, Peru, Nov. 14, 2026.

At the shrine where St. Turibius died, the Pope offered his ‘affection and closeness’ to Peruvians of African descent and lamented crime and extortion in his former diocese.

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