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‘I am returning to my homeland’: Pope Leo’s emotional Peruvian homecoming begins

by Gerard O’Connell November 11, 2026

Pope Leo XIV greets a child as he arrives at Callao Air Base in Lima, Peru, Nov. 11, 2026, during his Nov. 6-17 apostolic journey to Uruguay, Argentina and Peru. Credit: OSV News photo/Simone Risoluti, Vatican Media

“I am returning to my homeland,” Pope Leo XIV said at the Gran Teatro Nacional del Peru, in Lima, the capital city of this majority-Catholic nation of 37 million people, on the evening of Nov. 11. “I am very pleased to be back in Peru,” he continued, speaking to an audience composed of Peru’s civil and religious authorities, as well as representatives of its business and cultural communities, and the diplomatic corps.

Pope Leo and politics: Faggioli has penned the best book to date

 

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Pope Leo and politics: Faggioli has penned the best book to date

Michael Sean Winters   NCR

Though the religious left showed up in midterms, not everyone sees a new trend

 

Though the religious left showed up in midterms, not everyone sees a new trend

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Christians should support investigating Trump’s corruption

by Connor Hartigan November 11, 2026

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters before boarding Air Force One in West Palm Beach, Fla., on Nov. 8. Credit: AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin

The unexpectedly wide majorities that the Democratic Party will hold in both houses of the next Congress are amplifying calls to hold the Trump administration accountable for abuses of power and corruption, with inquiries into everything from President Donald Trump’s windfall of $1.4 billion in cryptocurrency to his son’s wedding celebration being bankrolled by a Russian oligarch to the ethically questionable conduct of Elon Musk.

 

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Pope Leo to public officials: ‘To love a people is to desire that everyone may live with dignity’

by Gerard O’Connell November 11, 2026

Pope Leo meets Peru's President Keiko Fujimori at Palacio de Gobierno in Lima, Peru, on Nov. 11, 2026. Credit: OSV News photo/Yara Nardi, Reuters

“I am returning to my homeland,” Pope Leo XIV said at the Gran Teatro Nacional del Peru, in Lima, the capital city of this majority-Catholic nation of 37 million people, on the evening of Nov. 11. “I am very pleased to be back in Peru,” he continued, speaking to an audience composed of Peru’s civil and religious authorities, as well as representatives of its business and cultural communities, and the diplomatic corps.

US Catholics are left-curious. They should look to Dorothy Day.

 

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US Catholics are left-curious. They should look to Dorothy Day.

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We need contemplation now more than ever

 

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We need contemplation now more than ever

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Pope Leo begins deeply personal homecoming in Peru: 'I am returning to my homeland'

 

Pope Leo begins deeply personal homecoming in Peru: 'I am returning to my homeland'

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