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 accordance 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. Participating within the gathering had been the bishops of the nation’s 46 ecclesiastical jurisdictions, who will probably be acquired in viewers by the Pope tomorrow, January 30.
Prayers for Peru’s future
“We’re right here to hope for peace and for the way forward for Peru, in order that this go to might strengthen all of us and encourage us in religion to raised 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 offered the Pope with a mosaic of the Blessed Virgin Mary and a picture of Saint Rose of Lima, which will probably be blessed and positioned within the Vatican Gardens on Saturday, January 31.
The final two advert limina visits by the bishops from Peru passed off in Could 2017, with Pope Francis, and in Could 2009, with Pope Benedict XVI.
