Pope Leo cheered on return to Peru city where he served as bishop
Verified: 35 outlets in 18 countries have reported this story since Nov 11.
An estimated 1.5 million people have welcomed Pope Leo XIV back to the city in Peru where he once served as bishop.
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Two or more outlets reported this story and its reliability score reached 65%, so WorldPulse marks it verified. That means more than one outlet says so, not that it is proven true.
Who reported it
- Nov 11, 11:10 AM UTCFirst reportPeruvian homecoming: Pope Leo returns to the country that shaped his path to the papacycyprusnews.eu ↗
- Nov 11, 11:54 AM UTC+44 min"Welcome Home": Peru awaits Pope Leo's emotional "homecoming"france24.com ↗
- Verified: a second independent outlet reported itNov 11, 3:37 PM UTC · +4 h
- Nov 11, 8:08 PM UTC+9 hPope Leo returns to what is expected to be a national party in his second homeland of Peruabcnews.com ↗
- Nov 13, 9:03 PM UTC+2 dPapst Leo XIV. in früherer Diözese wie Popstar empfangendiepresse.com (again) ↗
- Nov 13, 9:40 PM UTC+2 d· you’re reading thisPope Leo cheered on return to Peru city where he served as bishopaljazeera.com (again) ↗
- Nov 14, 12:13 AM UTC+3 dPope Leo XIV returns to the Peruvian city where he served as bishop, drawing nearly one million people to an emotional homecoming Masslatintimes.com ↗
- Nov 14, 1:02 AM UTC+3 dPope Leo makes emotional return to Perunbcnews.com (again) ↗
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3h agoPope Leo cheered on return to Peru city where he served as bishop An estimated 1.5 million people have welcomed Pope Leo XIV back to the city in Peru where he once served as bishop.
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