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15/11/2026
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Pope Leo XIV arrives in Cusco in next top of his apostolic journey to South America.
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00:17welcome back to from the south and join us as we go live to Peru at this hour with the
00:22latest
00:22updates on the Poblio 14th agenda at this hour Poblio 14th your holiness Poblio 14th has arrived
00:31at Alejandro Velasco Astete Cusco International Airport we are awaiting for his appearance at the
00:39gates of the airplane and to go down the stairs to also formally be arriving at this hour to Cusco
00:48International Airport this is his penultimate day in his South American tour he has traveled at the
00:58at this moment 2270 kilometers around Peru in in just 12 hours is expected as well to go to Pucallpa
01:08in the Amazon jungle after this stop at Cusco in the Andes Pope Leo will traverse the length of
01:17Peru on Sunday this is the penultimate day of his South American tour he said to visit Southern Andes
01:24Mountain City that was once the center of the Inca Empire and also an Eastern gateway to the Amazon
01:34rain forest precisely here in Cusco Pope Leo 14th is expected to meet with the faithful and
01:43representatives of popular devotion at the Sacsayhuaman National Archaeological Park where he is as well expected to offer addresses from
01:56the from your holiness as well
01:58Leo he is it is important to highlight that he is the first Peruvian citizen to become Pope he is
02:07expected to hold for events here in Cusco the Inca Empire and the
02:13capital and later on he is expected to travel all the way to Pucallpa in the lowlands of the Amazon
02:20jungle he is going precisely from that zone going to raise awareness of climate change and also the importance of
02:31protecting the environment and natural resources of the Peruvian rainforest as well
02:38Leo might address as well illegal lodging where gold mining has clear some 140,000 hectares of wetland there in
02:50the Amazon rainforest and also this since 1984 it has been looted as well by legal mining and poison regional
03:01waterways according to a 2025 reports from the group monitoring of the Indian Amazon
03:08Poblio 14th and Poblio 14th is making as well his landfall at this hour he is going down the stairs
03:14of his airplane and he is officially at this moment arriving to Cusco the former Inca Empire's capital and also
03:26it is going to be a very special moment for Poblio 14th he is a Peruvian citizen the first Peruvian
03:35citizen to hold
03:36the to become Bishop of Rome he is being received with by people from Cusco at this hour and it
03:46is expected as well that they offer gift as a show of respect for your holiness and it is expected
03:55as well that he meets and he moves as well thousands of pilgrims precisely to the
04:04to this meeting with the faithful and with representatives of popular devotion at the Sacsayhuaman National Archaeological Park and this
04:17is taking place as well as it is also expected that he offers an Angelus prayer in the square in
04:26front of the Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
04:32that is said to take place as well in just a few a few amount of time like perhaps in
04:40about an hour so we are going as well to keep following closely his agenda here in Cusco before his
04:47departure towards the airport of Pucallpa
04:52where he is being received at this moment in Cusco where he is expected as well to be welcomed by
05:12the highest local authorities and also pilgrims from all corners
05:17of the city and also from other parts of the country as people are gathering together in this in for
05:27the privilege of being close to your holiness Pope Leo XIV it is known that for over ten days Pope
05:36Leo XIV have been gathering almost over 12 million people throughout the sea the three country tour that Pope Leo
05:47XIV has been gathering over 12 million people throughout the three countries
05:47Pope Leo XIV has been visiting for the past days we are speaking about Uruguay Argentina and now Peru Peru
05:54is the last leg of his 12th day apostolic visit to Latin America the sixth international travel that Pope Leo
06:03XIV has performed since assuming his papacy in early 2025 and this is taking as well place in a moment
06:14of much uncertainty for Latin America
06:17that is why it is why it is no coincidence that Pope Leo XIV has come to this region with
06:23a message of
06:24of prevalence of unity of resilience in the face of hardships that is a common message that have been repeated
06:33throughout his numerous holy masses and numerous addresses to all of the nations that he has been visiting for the
06:43past ten days a message of unity and resilience a message of
06:47of the world directed to the working class directed to people with chronic illnesses with disabilities those in need and
06:56also those in a vulnerable position in the face of of the government's of government's neoliberal policies such as in
07:05Argentina precisely in Peru he has made a call for the protection of women's rights in the face as well
07:14of many decisions that are taking place and
07:17and in a way of seeking impurities and in a way of seeking impunity for the crimes committed during the
07:23dictatorship of Alberto Fujimori of late former president Alberto Fujimori the father of incumbent president Keiko Fujimori
07:33Poblio XIV is at this moment in Cusco he is expected as well to to address to give other addresses
07:42to hold as well new homilies in Cusco and also Pucallpa the upcoming
07:49in Cusco and also Pucallpa the upcoming

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