Pope Leo says Inca heartland ‘suffering’ as villages empty

Inquirer.net - Nov 15, 2026

SANTA CRUZ DE SUCCHABAMBA, Peru — Pope Leo XIV warned Saturday that the heartland of the ancient Inca Empire was “suffering” as the remote, poverty-stricken communities where he served as a missionary in Peru shrink dramatically. The head of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics flew by helicopter to the isolated town of Santa Cruz de

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