Pope Leo blessed the Lord of Miracles at Lima's Santuario de Las Nazarenas on Thursday (November 12) after departing the Apostolic Nunciature and before continuing to the Archbishop's Palace on the second day of his emotional return to Peru.

Leo, originally from Chicago, is visiting Peru on the final and most personal stop of the most intense overseas trip by a pope in decades, after touring Uruguay and Argentina.

The six-day visit is expected to include poignant scenes as the pope sees old friends and spends three days in the northern city of Chiclayo, where he was bishop from 2015 to 2023.

Crowds lined the streets of the capital for miles to welcome Leo, evoking images of previous papal trips to Catholic strongholds like the Philippines, Mexico and Brazil. The main plaza in Lima, filled with people waving flags and wearing pope-themed shirts, erupted into loud cheers as a big screen showed Leo's plane touching down on Wednesday (November 11).

DESCRIPCIÓN DE IMÁGENES

VIDEO SHOWS: POPE LEO VISITING AND BLESSING LORD OF MIRACLES (EL SEÑOR DE LOS MILAGROS) EN ROUTE FROM APOSTOLIC NUNCIATURE TO ARCHBISHOP'S PALACE

SHOWS: 1. (00:00:00:00) SLATE

LIMA, PERU (NOVEMBER 12 2026) (HOST BROADCASTER - Access all)

2. (00:00:05:00) POPEMOBILE CARRYING POPE LEO STOPPING, CROWD GATHERED

3. (00:00:10:23) LEO SITTING, WAVING FROM POPEMOBILE

4. (00:00:16:11) LEO GETTING OUT OF POPEMOBILE

5. (00:00:23:18) AERIAL VIEW OF POPEMOBILE AND MOTORCADE, LEO WALKING TOWARDS LORD OF MIRACLES

6. (00:00:33:03) LEO WALKING TOWARDS LORD OF MIRACLES, CROWD GATHERED

7. (00:00:47:11) CROWD GATHERED, LORD OF MIRACLES

8. (00:00:52:02) LEO WALKING BACK TO POPEMOBILE, GREETING PEOPLE IN CROWDS

9. (00:01:14:03) LEO GETTING BACK INTO POPEMOBILE, WAVING TO CROWD