LIMA (Peru): Pope Francis is wrapping up the most contested, violent travel of his papacy Sunday with a chain of meetings with Peruvian church leaders and a final Mass at an air base in Peru's capital.
The Mass is expected to attract masses of 1000's of Peruvian faithful earlier than his departure to Rome -- a potentially stark contrast to the pontiff's send-off from Chile, where his final homily drew 1000's lower than expected and thin crowds lined the streets to wave goodbye.
"Hopefully early tomorrow, myself and all of Peru will get a chance to see him up close," said Nicolas Astete, considered one of greater than 3,000 individuals who accumulated Saturday evening outside the Apostolic Nunciature in Lima, hoping to peer a glimpse of the pope earlier than he retired for the evening.
"Come here!" the crowds cried as Francis made his method to the papal embassy.
Despite the thunderous welcome the pontiff has gained right through his travel to Peru, the uproar over the Catholic Church's handling of a clerical sex abuse scandal in Chile and Francis' own remarks on the case have endured to solid a shadow over the talk over with. All ears will probably be tuned in Sunday to any final phrases Francis might proportion on a crisis he had was hoping to assist mend in a talk over with to most often friendly Latin American turf.
During his seven-day travel Chile and Peru Francis for my part apologized to survivors of priests who sexually abused them, traveled deep into the Amazon to meet with indigenous leaders, decried the scourge of corruption and violence against ladies in Latin America and prompt the Chilean executive and radical Mapuche factions to peacefully unravel one of the vital region's longest-running disputes.
But the pope also attracted unprecedented rejection: At least a dozen churches throughout Chile were set aflame and insurrection police shot tear gas and arrested protesters who attempted marching in on Mass in Santiago.
Francis stirred outrage when he accused sufferers of Chile's maximum notorious pedophile priest of slander. The 81-year-old Argentine said that until he sees evidence that Bishop Juan Barros used to be complicit in protecting up any crimes, accusations of complicity by way of the sufferers of against Barros are "all calumny."
That remark induced even Francis' top adviser on clerical abuse to issue a stunning criticism of the pontiff, calling his phrases a "source of great pain for survivors of sexual abuse."
The rebuke Saturday got here as Francis used to be consoling Peruvians in a coastal northern town onerous hit by way of El Nino floods that left greater than 150 useless national closing 12 months. During Francis' three days in Peru he has also tackled heavy social problems, calling on companies to stop exploitative drilling within the Amazon, for governments to recognize indigenous other folks and for larger transparency in politics.
Francis will conclude his travel by way of visiting some of Lima's holiest websites.
The Mass is expected to attract masses of 1000's of Peruvian faithful earlier than his departure to Rome -- a potentially stark contrast to the pontiff's send-off from Chile, where his final homily drew 1000's lower than expected and thin crowds lined the streets to wave goodbye.
"Hopefully early tomorrow, myself and all of Peru will get a chance to see him up close," said Nicolas Astete, considered one of greater than 3,000 individuals who accumulated Saturday evening outside the Apostolic Nunciature in Lima, hoping to peer a glimpse of the pope earlier than he retired for the evening.
"Come here!" the crowds cried as Francis made his method to the papal embassy.
Despite the thunderous welcome the pontiff has gained right through his travel to Peru, the uproar over the Catholic Church's handling of a clerical sex abuse scandal in Chile and Francis' own remarks on the case have endured to solid a shadow over the talk over with. All ears will probably be tuned in Sunday to any final phrases Francis might proportion on a crisis he had was hoping to assist mend in a talk over with to most often friendly Latin American turf.
During his seven-day travel Chile and Peru Francis for my part apologized to survivors of priests who sexually abused them, traveled deep into the Amazon to meet with indigenous leaders, decried the scourge of corruption and violence against ladies in Latin America and prompt the Chilean executive and radical Mapuche factions to peacefully unravel one of the vital region's longest-running disputes.
But the pope also attracted unprecedented rejection: At least a dozen churches throughout Chile were set aflame and insurrection police shot tear gas and arrested protesters who attempted marching in on Mass in Santiago.
Francis stirred outrage when he accused sufferers of Chile's maximum notorious pedophile priest of slander. The 81-year-old Argentine said that until he sees evidence that Bishop Juan Barros used to be complicit in protecting up any crimes, accusations of complicity by way of the sufferers of against Barros are "all calumny."
That remark induced even Francis' top adviser on clerical abuse to issue a stunning criticism of the pontiff, calling his phrases a "source of great pain for survivors of sexual abuse."
The rebuke Saturday got here as Francis used to be consoling Peruvians in a coastal northern town onerous hit by way of El Nino floods that left greater than 150 useless national closing 12 months. During Francis' three days in Peru he has also tackled heavy social problems, calling on companies to stop exploitative drilling within the Amazon, for governments to recognize indigenous other folks and for larger transparency in politics.
Francis will conclude his travel by way of visiting some of Lima's holiest websites.
Pope wrapping up restive trip to Latin America
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