Pope Francis will land in Lima today for a 4-day visit to Peru.
His arrival is slated for Thursday at 5:20 PM (local time) at Air Group N°8, where he will be welcomed by President
Pedro Pablo Kuczynski.
The Supreme Pontiff will visit three cities while in the Inca country.
He will travel to
Puerto Maldonado —the capital of rainforest Madre de Dios region— on January 19.
On January 20, the Catholic Church's leader will head to La Libertad region's capital city
Trujillo on Peru's northern coast.
According to schedule, the Supreme Pontiff will hold a multitudinous mass at Lima's
Las Palmas Air Base on January 21.
This will be the first time —in almost 30 years— that a Supreme Pontiff visits the Inca nation after Pope John Paul II's May 1988 tour.
The current Pontiff will find a recovered and healthy nation, with indicators
dissimilar from those reported during Pope John Paul II's visits.