Boluarte allowed to attend Leo XIV's enthronement

President Daniel Noboa will attend the inauguration ceremony of the pontificate of Leo XIV in Vatican City, which will take place on Saturday, May 17, 2025.

This Sunday, May 18, in St. Peter’s Square, will celebrate the solemn Mass at the beginning of the pontificate of Leo XIV, the first pope born in the United States and nationalized Peruvian. The ceremony, known as papal enthronement, officially marks the beginning of his ministry as leader of the Catholic Church. It will take place at 10 a.m., local time (2 a.m. Costa Rica time). The new pontiff, whose secular name is Robert Prevost, was born in…

Boluarte allowed to attend Leo XIV's enthronement

Peru's one-house Congress approved President Dina Boluarte's request to travel to the Vatican from May 16-19, 2025, to attend the enthronement ceremony of Pope Leo XIV, with 68 votes in favor, 37 against, and 2 abstentions.

Despite the crisis of citizen insecurity, the plenary of Congress approved the trip of Boluarte. Also, Janet Tello, president of the Judiciary, declined the invitation by previous commitments.

The Congress of Peru authorized the trip of President Dina Boluarte to Vatican City to attend the Mass at the beginning of the pontificate of Pope Leo XIV, who also has Peruvian nationality.The entry The Congress authorizes Boluarte to attend Mass at the beginning of the pontificate of Leo XIV was first published in the Digital Process.

The president of the Congress, Eduardo Salhuana, reported that he will not travel to the Vatican together with the president Dina Boluarte for the enthronement of Pope Leo XIV. In addition, he said that other members of Parliament will not do so either. Salhuana mentioned that the most recommended thing would be that people who belong to the city of Chiclayo travel, so that they accompany the high nationalized Peruvian pontiff at this historic m…