Andean Nun María Priscila Meets Pope Leo XIV at 300th-Anniversary Peru Rite
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Updated · ewtnnews.com · Nov 15
Andean Nun María Priscila Meets Pope Leo XIV at 300th-Anniversary Peru Rite
2 articles · Updated · ewtnnews.com · Nov 15
Summary
Nov. 14's prayer meeting in Zaña let Mother María Priscila reunite with Pope Leo XIV, whom she had known from his pastoral visits in Peru's high Andes before he became pope.
The gathering closed the jubilee year marking the 300th anniversary of St. Turibius of Mogrovejo's canonization at the shrine dedicated to the saint in the pope's former diocese.
María Priscila, who serves the Quechua-speaking town of Cañaris and runs St. John the Baptist Parish amid a priest shortage, said Leo asked where she now works and urged her to keep serving remote communities.
She recalled Robert Prevost's earlier missions to rugged Andean areas such as Incahuasi, saying his simple, close contact with children and families left local Catholics feeling the Church was near to them.
With nuns running remote Andean parishes, how might Pope Leo XIV's Peruvian reunion reshape the future roles of women in the Church?
Will Pope Leo XIV's deep ties to St. Turibius's legacy trigger a radical new wave of missionary work in the world's most isolated regions?
Can a Pope affectionately known as Padre Roberto successfully translate his rugged, grassroots missionary style into sweeping global institutional reform?