Pope holds shock lunch with Peruvian bishops

[ad_1] The Peruvian bishops describe Pope Leo's sudden participation at a lunch in Rome as “a gesture of closeness and communion”.

By Vatican Information

“A gesture of closeness and communion that strengthens the pastoral mission of the Church in Peru.”

That is how the nation's bishops described Pope Leo's shock go to to their “fraternal lunch,” in keeping with the X account of the Peruvian Bishops’ Convention.

The bishops are in Rome for his or her annual advert limina go to, scheduled from January 26 to 31. Collaborating within the gathering have been the bishops of the nation’s 46 ecclesiastical jurisdictions, who will likely be acquired in viewers by the Pope tomorrow, January 30.

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Prayers for Peru's future “We're right here to wish for peace and for the way forward for Peru, in order that this go to could strengthen all of us and encourage us in religion to higher serve others,” stated Bishop Carlos García Camader, Bishop of Lurín and President of the Peruvian Bishops’ Convention.

“We pray that our future leaders could also be good women and men who serve the nation, search the widespread good, and above all try to unite and to 'add', to not subtract or divide,” he added.

Saint Rose of Lima The Bishops’ Convention additionally introduced the Pope with a mosaic of the Blessed Virgin Mary and a picture of Saint Rose of Lima, which will likely be blessed and positioned within the Vatican Gardens on Saturday, January 31.