Peruvians celebrate election of new Pope

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🗓️ 9 May 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

The new leader of the Catholic Church, Pope Leo XIV, was born in Chicago but spent many years living and working in Peru where he was made a bishop. We speak to a Peruvian Catholic, who welcomes Leo's election, and hear from our correspondent, Ione Wells, in the Peruvian city of Chiclayo where the new Pope lived.

Also in the programme: Russia celebrates the 80th anniversary of Victory Day and the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II. We speak to a former Russian military officer; and two men are convicted of cutting down an iconic tree on the historic Hadrian's Wall in the north east of England. They could face up to 10 years in prison. We hear why trees are so important to people and the environment.

(Picture: Sister Margarita Ramos Chanduvi poses with an image of Pope Leo XIV at a convent in Lima. Credit: RENATO PAJUELO/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock)

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to News Hour from the BBC World Service.
0:08.0	Coming to you live from London, I'm Regina Vaidyanarbon.
0:12.4	A day after plumes of white smoke emerged from the chimney at the Vatican,
0:17.2	the new Pope Leo the 14th has been delivering his first ever mass in his new role.
0:23.6	American-born Robert Prevost began his homily in English,
0:27.5	saying he knew that every cardinald will support him on his new mission.
0:32.4	My brother Cardinals, as we celebrate this morning,
0:35.5	I invite you to recognize the marvels that the Lord has done,
0:39.9	the blessings that the Lord continues to pour out upon all of us.
0:44.4	Through the ministry of Peter, you have called me to carry that cross and to be blessed
0:51.5	with that mission, and I know I can rely on each and every one of you to walk with me
0:57.2	as we continue as a church, as a community of friends of Jesus as believers,
1:05.0	to announce the good news, to announce the gospel.
1:08.3	Well, the Pope also has strong ties to Peru.
1:11.8	He's a citizen and spent many years there.
1:14.4	So it's unsurprising that the nation's been celebrating the election of one of its own.
1:20.6	Aldo Barbieri is a lawyer in Lima.
1:23.5	I asked him how it felt.
1:25.7	It really was a surprise for us because we don't have the idea that he lives in Peru for a long time.
1:34.4	I live in Lima and he works in the north of Peru, in Chiklayo, Trujillo and others.
1:42.7	Then my sister lives in this place, and she tells me that the Papa was Peruvian because he
1:51.9	would decide to be Peruvian and get everything, the documents to be a Peruvian.
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