People from Peru hold up a banner saying Chiclayo, the diocese in Peru where the new Pope Leo XIV served as bishop from 2015 to 2023, as they join
the Pope for the “Regina Coeli” prayer in St Peter’s Square at the Vatican May 11, 2025. Photo: CNS/Pablo Esparza. Long before he was the successor of St Peter, Pope Leo XIV had a different name to the faithful of St Joseph the Worker Parish in Chulucanas. “We called him Fr Robertito, because we were very close to him,” Elena Lozada Seminario told the National Catholic Reporter inside the church where a then-30-year-old Fr Robert…
