The Paraguayan Head of State attended the enthronement of Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican - .::Agencia IP::.

Asunción, Agencia IP.- The President of the Republic, Santiago Peña, and First Lady Leticia Ocampos participated last Sunday in Pope Leo XIV’s enthronement at St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican. After, they formally greeted the new Supreme Pontiff of the Catholic Church. Around 150 delegations and 200,000 faithful gathered in the square for the mass […]

Protocolary greeting of the presidential couple with the new Pope Leo XIV. Photo: Presidency of the Republic.

Asunción, Agencia IP.- The President of the Republic, Santiago Peña, and First Lady Leticia Ocampos participated last Sunday in Pope Leo XIV’s enthronement at St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican. After, they formally greeted the new Supreme Pontiff of the Catholic Church.

Around 150 delegations and 200,000 faithful gathered in the square for the mass that began a new papacy. Pope Leo XIV received the symbols of papal authority: the pallium and the Ring of the Fisherman. He delivered a call for unity within the Church and peace in a world marked by «too much hatred and prejudice.»

President Peña shared that he used the brief encounter to convey to the Holy Father the affection of the Paraguayan people, «a Marian people, deeply devoted to the Virgin of Caacupé and predominantly Catholic, who are eagerly awaiting his visit,» he stated.