{
  "id": 20182858,
  "title": "Pope Leo to cross Peru for visits to Inca city, Amazon gateway",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/15/pope-leo-to-cross-peru-for-visits-to-inca-city-amazon-gateway-20182858",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-15T13:06:46.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "SABC News",
    "slug": "sabc-news",
    "url": "https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/pope-leo-to-cross-peru-for-visits-to-inca-city-amazon-gateway/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Pope Leo will embark on a 270 km (1,410 mile) journey across Peru on Sunday, the final day of his South America tour. This will be his fourth stop in Cusco, the once prominent capital of the Inca Empire, and Pucallpa, a gateway to the Amazon rainforest. Pope Leo, the first Peruvian-born pope and a US and Peruvian citizen, will travel in 12 hours for the four events in the two cities. Church officials hope these visits will enable more Peruvians to attend the events and address illegal logging and water pollution in the Amazon region, where gold mining has destroyed 140,000 hectares (540 square miles) of rainforest since 1984. Pope Leo, who lived in Peru for 20 years as a missionary, will begin his tour from Chiclayo, where he served as bishop from 2015 to 2023, and conclude in Lima before heading to Rome on Monday. During his visit to Cusco, the pope will pay homage to the Saqsaywaman archaeological site, an ancient Inca fortress built atop a 3,700-meter (12,139 ft) elevation. Locals in Pucallpa, home to the Shipibo-Konibo Indigenous people, anticipate the pope's arrival will bring attention to their community's living conditions and help amplify their concerns. The pope recently underwent lung cancer surgery on October 13, but his doctors assure him that he faces no significant risks during the trip and may require rest breaks or supplemental oxygen due to the high altitude.",
  "summary": "Pope Leo will travel 2,270 km in 12 hours for four events in Cusco.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Investing.com",
        "title": "Pope Leo to cross Peru for visits to Inca city, Amazon gateway",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/15/pope-leo-to-cross-peru-for-visits-to-inca-city-amazon-gateway",
        "published": "2026-11-15T10:12:22.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}