What does the choice of Pope Liu XIV mean the leadership of the Catholic Church for the same city

Chicio, Peru — It is far from the southern side of Chicago to the heart of Chicio in northern Peru.

But it was a simple phrase, I spoke on a balcony in the Vatican First American PopeWhich turned Chiclayo into a sensation.

“A greeting to everyone, especially for the Diocese of the beloved Chicoli, in Peru, where one of the believers was accompanied by her bishop, she shared her faith and gave a lot, a lot, to continue to be a believer church for Jesus Christ.” He said From the balcony of the Church of St. Peter on May 8 After choosing By Cardinal voters in the papal pocket to succeed Pope Francis.

Leo, Chicago citizen from 70 on Sunday turnedHe is also a Peruvian citizen, who served for more than two decades, first as a missionary. Then he managed the Augustine School in Trujio, and in 2014, he was appointed the Apostolic Officer of the Chicio Diocese. In 2015, he became a bishop in Czechle, and Kardinal became there in 2023.

Reverend Fidel Borissaka Vigil, spokesperson for the Chicli Diocese, remembers the local reaction to Liu’s statement on the balcony.

“Some cried, we laughed and reminded us of all those generous moments that he spent with us here in Chiclio,” Borissaka told CBS News.

On that day in early May, when Robert Brevost at the time ascended to the throne of St. Peter, Czechlio was also raised, to become an immediate tourist attraction.

City officials said that Leo’s election touched on the pilgrimage here by Catholics from all over the world.

It was also a blessing for the economy. City officials say tourism, which has given Czechlaio annual batch of $ 40 million.

Restaurants, hotels and tourism companies stood to meet the demand.

“Indeed, we will work a lot of work with everyone, with hotels, tourist tourist organizers and restaurants, with tourist guides,” Maria Isabel Espel, who runs the local tourism agency, told CBS News.

Like the stations of the cross, tourists have regained Leo’s steps here, walking from church to the church along his unique way to the papacy.

They even stop at his favorite lunch, not served by Liu’s favorite waiter, Carlos.

“This is the place where the Pope will sit,” Carlos showed CBS News, which added that every day he was praying for his old friend, the new Pope.