Pope Leo welcomed by millions in his second ‘homeland’ of Peru

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Pope Leo XIV has been welcomed by a few million people upon his arrival in Peru, his adopted homeland, for the final leg of a three-nation Latin American tour, just weeks after undergoing surgery for lung cancer. People waving flags and wearing pope-themed shirts filled the main plaza in Lima and erupted into loud cheers as a big screen showed the plane touching down on Wednesday local time. Some held signs that read, “Welcome home”. A Vatican statement said three million people greeted the pontiff in Lima, setting another record for the biggest crowd of his papacy after an estimated 2.5 million people attended an outdoor Mass in Buenos Aires earlier this week. The 71-year-old travelled to Uruguay and Argentina before heading to Peru.