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Pope Leo XIV led a really big party to arrive at the prayer vigil with thousands of young people and university students at the National Stadium in Lima as part of his apostolic visit to Peru. The gathering brought together youth delegations from across the country and neighboring nations, creating a moment of faith and reflection.

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00:14We go live to Pobo, Leo 14, moving ahead to the Monumental Stadium in Lima, in which he will
00:24pray as a vigil with the young people at the Monumental Stadium. This is Pope Leo saluting
00:31and greeting the faithful people that is gathered there to be part of this vigil of the young
00:37people together with the Pope of Leo XIV and other members of the church. This is here
00:46in his way to the stadium. We see here the gathering, the people together in this stadium, this
01:09Monumental Stadium with the Pope's Leo waiting for the vigil. This is people that has been
01:18waiting for Pope Leo and his return to Peru. There is really more than 50,000 people that
01:28are celebrating the arrival of Pope Leo XIV to Peru and this Monumental Stadium. There
01:38has been waiting for 50,000 young people in this vigil that I will give Pope Leo XIV. His
01:49schedule from this day is this meeting to discuss challenges that is facing Peruvian society and
02:02the role of the church in promoting dialogue, solidarity and social cohesion. Then, he will
02:09tomorrow, 13 and Friday and Saturday, 14, he will return to Chiclayo where he serve as bishop. One of the
02:20most
02:20personally meaningful moments of the journey that will be the Pope's returns to Chiclayo. This program
02:27includes religious celebrations and concerts with local communities, missionaries and university
02:33representatives. His return will allow him to reconnect with people and communities that formed part of his
02:42pastoral experience before his elections to the papacy. We see this. A lot of people here gathered in the
02:52monumental stadium in Lima, 50,000 young people that went there to his arrival. This Thursday, Pope Leo also celebrated
03:05in the midday prayers at the Basilica of Sinon, the Apostle and Evangelist in Lima, where thousands of parishioners
03:13gather in the capital city's Plaza Mayor to participate in this Eucharist that was led by Pope Leo XIV on
03:20his second date in the country.
03:23He addressed the Pope. In this address, Pope Borges, a Peruvian tubal society based on respect, inclusion, solidarity, and after
03:34listening to four testimonies in Lima, Pope Leo addressed challenges facing families, women, workers, and cultural diversity,
03:43diverse society, stressing that these challenges are interconnected and must be tackled with the human person at the center of
03:51social,
03:51economic, and political life. These were the images of Pope Leo's during his arrival at the
04:06monumental stadium in Lima, where he gave a vigil for the 50,000 young people that is gathered there, the
04:16people that also expected and
04:18waited for his return to the country. We will have more information coming up in our news brief and also
04:24here in
04:25the Middle Eastern English. Stay tuned.

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