Riding on horseback to visit the most isolated Andean areas of his community, distributing food amid the Covid-19 pandemic, or wearing rubber boots in the water and mud of floods: this is how many Peruvians remember the man who is now Pope Leo XIV.
Robert Prevost was in the trenches and alongside his people during Peru’s most difficult moments, and many of these memories will likely be front of mind among the public as they welcome the pope on his visit to his adopted homeland on Wednesday — a trip that will include visits to Lima, Cusco, Chiclayo and several other cities.
