教皇利奥十四世于周三抵达秘鲁，开启其南美之行的最后一站，回到他曾作为传教士和主教在此生活二十余年的国家。成千上万的人聚集在一起，以“罗伯特神父”的身份迎接他回家，许多人希望他的访问能够引起对贫困、犯罪和政治动荡的关注。
Pope Leo XIV arrived in Peru on Wednesday for the final leg of his South American tour, returning to the country where he spent more than two decades as a missionary and bishop. Thousands gathered to welcome him home as “Padre Robert”, with many hoping his visit will bring attention to poverty, crime and political instability.
教皇利奥十四世于周三抵达其第二故乡秘鲁，回到他称之为教会牧养之道的学习之地，整个国家的党派群众正等待迎接他们心爱的“罗伯特神父”归来。
Pope Leo XIV arrived in his second homeland of Peru on Wednesday, returning to the place that he credits with teaching him how to be a pastor and where a nationwide party awaits to welcome their beloved “Padre Robert” home.
此行标志着利奥在三国南美之旅的最后一站，也是情感的高潮，因为这位前罗伯特·普雷沃斯特在秘鲁担任传教士和随后主教的时间超过二十年。作为美国和秘鲁的双重公民，他是两国首位教皇。
The visit to Peru marks the final leg of Leo’s three-nation South America tour and its emotional highlight, given the more than two decades that the former Robert Prevost spent in Peru as a missionary priest and later bishop. As a dual citizen of the United States and Peru, he’s the first pope from each country.
利奥的包机在利马郊区的一个空军基地降落，受到总统基科·藤森的迎接。
Leo’s charter plane touched down at a Lima-area air base, where he was welcomed by President Keiko Fujimori.
当利奥从阿根廷航空公司的包机走下时，面露真挚感动，笑容灿烂，向藤森问候，并拥抱了两名献花的儿童。他冲进停机坪上挥舞秘鲁和梵蒂冈旗帜的祝福人群，停下来抱起一名婴儿并聆听儿童合唱团的歌声。
Leo seemed genuinely moved as he emerged from his Aerolíneas Argentinas charter plane, smiling broadly as he greeted Fujimori and embracing two children who brought him flowers. He plunged into the crowd of well-wishers on the tarmac who waved flags of Peru and the Vatican and stopped to hold a baby and listen to a children's choir.
成千上万的观众沿着车队行进的街道排队，挥舞秘鲁和圣座的旗帜，迎接这位教皇回到他所说的教会教会他“何为牧羊人”的国家。 “我的心情激动得想要喜极而泣，”曾在他担任太平洋海岸北部城市奇克拉约主教时担任秘书的祖莉·卡斯蒂略说。
Thousands of spectators lined the streets along his motorcade route waving Peruvian and Holy See flags during his return to the country that the pope says taught him “what it means to be a shepherd.”“My heart is so excited that it makes me want to cry with joy,” said Zuly Castillo, who served as Leo’s secretary when he was bishop of the northern city of Chiclayo near the Pacific Coast.
波士顿学院社会学副教授、《拉丁美洲的日常生活宗教》一书作者古斯塔沃·莫雷洛说：“秘鲁是此行的高潮，是第一位秘鲁籍教皇的返乡之旅，无论他出生在哪里。”莫雷洛说：“这无疑是一次回归本源之旅。”
“Peru is the crown of the trip, the homecoming of the first Peruvian pope, no matter where he was born,” said Gustavo Morello, an associate professor of sociology at Boston College and the author of “Lived Religion in Latin America.”“This is a return to his origins without any doubt,” Morello said.
为迎接教皇到访，埃尔卡亚俄港揭幕了一座高达46英尺（14米）的教皇巨型雕像。首都利马的咖啡师们则推出以教皇形象装饰的卡布奇诺。
In preparation for the pope’s visit, a huge 46-foot (14-metre) statue of the pontiff was unveiled in the port of El Callao. Baristas in Lima, the capital, were offering cappuccinos decorated with the image of the pope.
在总统府前，数百人高举双手、放声歌唱，等待教皇抵达利马。总统府前已搭建起舞台和巨幅屏幕，安保十分严密。人群跟随着台上的天主教合唱团唱道：“基督万岁！”
With hands raised and voices lifted in song, hundreds awaited the pope’s arrival in Lima in front of the presidential palace, where a stage and giant screens had been set up amid tight security. “Long live Christ!” the crowd sang, following a Catholic choir on the stage.
52岁的安妮·马里诺热情地加入歌唱，她说：“太美了，太感人了。我把它记在心里，因为他是上帝的代表。”教皇热潮也席卷了奇克拉约。莱奥被绘入色彩缤纷的壁画，印在T恤、棒球帽甚至摇头娃娃上。
“It’s so beautiful and so moving," said Anni Marino, 52, who enthusiastically joined the singing. “I hold it in my heart because he’s the representative of God.”Popemania also hit Chiclayo. Leo is painted in colourful murals, emblazoned on T-shirts, baseball hats, and even bobblehead dolls.
莱奥将在所有他昔日活动过的地方主持弥撒，包括萨尼亚附近莫格罗韦霍的圣图里比乌斯圣殿。萨尼亚是秘鲁非洲裔文化的中心，教皇常到那里向他所敬奉的这位圣人祈祷。
Leo will celebrate Mass in all his old stomping grounds including at the nearby sanctuary of St. Turibius of Mogrovejo in Zaña, a city that is a hub of Afro-Peruvian culture, and where the pope often visited to pray to the saint of his devotion.
由于莱奥对他所接纳的这个国家如此熟悉，他的讲话将受到密切关注，尤其是他将在利马大教堂前广场发表的讲话，主题是“秘鲁人民未来的挑战与希望”。秘鲁有3400万人口，正面临重重挑战，包括混乱的气候现象厄尔尼诺即将到来、暴力犯罪和收入不平等。2025年，秘鲁25.7%的人口生活在货币贫困之中。
Since Leo knows his adopted country so well, his speeches will be closely watched, especially one he’ll deliver from the square in front of Lima’s cathedral “on the challenges and hopes for the future of the Peruvian people.”Peru, a nation of 34 million people, is overwhelmed by challenges, among them the looming arrival of nature’s chaotic climatic agent El Niño, violent crime and income inequality. In 2025, 25.7% of the Peruvian population was living in monetary poverty.
“一个小精英阶层的国内生产总值水平与一些美国州相当，”摩雷罗说，并补充说，尽管宏观经济“表现良好，但大多数秘鲁人仍陷入结构性贫困和经济不安全感。” “这可能有助于巩固政治体制的稳定。毫无疑问，秘鲁现在比30年前更好，那时肆虐秘鲁的恐怖组织‘光辉路’仍是一个威胁，”他说，指1980年代和1990年代肆虐秘鲁的恐怖组织肆虐期间，当时他还是一名年轻的奥古斯丁会修士。
“A small elite has GDP levels comparable to some US states,” Morello said, adding that while the macroeconomy “is doing well, most Peruvians live in structural poverty and economic insecurity.”“This could help build stability in the political system. Without any doubt, Peru is better now than 30 years ago, when Shining Path was still a threat,” he said about the rebel movement that terrorised Peru in the 1980s and 1990s when Leo was a young Augustinian missionary.
“教皇现在作为教宗的回归，激发了秘鲁社会大部分仍感受到国家抛弃的民众的巨大希望，”秘鲁天主教大学的教授罗兰多·佩雷斯说。
“His return, now as pope, inspires great hope among a large segment of Peruvian society that still perceives and feels the abandonment of the state,” said Rolando Pérez, a professor at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru.
“深深烙印在公众意识中的是一位牧羊人形象，他站在人民身边，帮助将他们的诉求和对正义的呼喊纳入公共议程，”他说。
“Deeply etched in the public consciousness is the image of a shepherd who stood by the people, helping to bring into the public agenda their demands and their cry for justice,” he said.
教皇将通过前往秘鲁亚马逊地区的普卡亚利，为当地原住民举行弥撒，以表彰秘鲁原住民。非法金矿开采和可卡叶种植，即生产可卡因的原料，正影响秘鲁原住民。
The pope will honour Peru’s Indigenous peoples by travelling to Pucallpa, in Peru’s Amazon, to celebrate Mass. Illegal gold mining and the cultivation of coca leaves, the raw material used to produce cocaine, are affecting Peru’s Indigenous peoples.
“亚马逊是发展关键问题交汇的地方——环境危机、原住民边缘化、各种暴力形式以及极端贫困——所有这些问题都在这里交织，”佩雷斯说。
“The Amazon is a place where critical issues affecting development – such as the environmental crisis, the exclusion of Indigenous peoples, various forms of violence, and extreme poverty – all intersect,” said Pérez.
教皇还将在秘鲁库斯科与信众群体和当地传统代表会面，库斯科是印加帝国的首都，也是西班牙殖民时期的重要城市，也是重要的文化旅游目的地，包括附近的马丘比丘遗址。
Leo will also meet with popular groups of faithful and representatives of local traditions in Cusco – the capital of the Inca empire, an important city of Spanish colonial rule and an important cultural destination, including the nearby ruins at Machu Picchu.
教皇将在库斯科主广场举行弥撒，该广场在1781年是西班牙殖民时期最重大的叛乱——土著英雄图帕克·阿马鲁二世被处决的地点。
The pope will celebrate Mass in Cusco’s main square, where in 1781 the Indigenous hero Túpac Amaru II was killed following the most significant rebellion against the Spanish during the colonial era.
保守派的藤森于七月上台，承诺恢复秩序，以应对勒索和凶杀案件激增的局面，凶杀率已接近翻倍，达到每10万人口10.7人——五年前为5.8人。
The conservative Fujimori came to power in July on promises of restoring order to a nation plagued by extortion and homicide, which have nearly doubled, reaching 10.7 per 100,000 inhabitants – up from 5.8 five years ago.
安东尼奥·鲁伊斯·德·蒙托亚大学的政治学教授阿隆索·卡尔德纳斯表示，秘鲁人在许多人对当局感到失望之际将欢迎教皇，此前十年政治动荡，自2016年七月以来已更换了九位总统。许多秘鲁人同样受到治安恶化和食品价格上涨的冲击。他指出：“藤森政府没有任何反应的迹象，也没有策略。”因此，许多人期待教皇的讯息能够促使当权者作出回应。
Alonso Cárdenas, a political science professor at the Antonio Ruiz de Montoya University, said Peruvians will welcome the pope at a time when many feel disappointed with authorities following a decade of political instability that has seen a revolving door of nine presidents since July 2016. Many Peruvians are also battered by rising insecurity and the increasing cost of food. “There’s no sign of a reaction, no strategy,” from Fujimori’s government, he said. As a result, many hope for a message from Leo that will prompt a response from those in power.
秘鲁天主教大学神学系主任维罗妮克·莱卡罗斯说：“人们对政治和腐败感到深深的倦怠。”相较之下，她指出天主教会的公信力超过了秘鲁其他任何机构。
“There’s a profound sense of weariness regarding politics and corruption,” said Véronique Lecaros, head of the department of theology at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. In contrast, she said the Catholic Church enjoys a level of credibility that surpasses any other Peruvian institution.
尽管近年来天主教在秘鲁的信徒比例下降，仍预计将有大量人群前来迎接教皇归来。皮尤研究中心数据显示，2013-2014年天主教人口占比为76%，而现在约为67%。
Huge crowds are expected to turn out to welcome Leo home, even though Peru has seen Catholicism fall in recent years. According to the Pew Research Center, the Catholic population was at 76% in 2013-2014, but now stands at around 67%.
这与全球趋势相符，越来越多人加入无宗教信仰的行列。所谓的“无宗教者”自称为无神论者、不可知论者、精神上有信仰但不属宗教，或 simply 没有特定信仰。但莱卡罗斯表示，这并不意味着秘鲁人失去了信仰，大多数人仍认为自己是宗教人士。
That stands in line with trends around the world where many continue to join the growing ranks of the religiously unaffiliated. Known as the “nones,” they identify as atheists, agnostics, spiritual but not religious, or simply, nothing in particular. But Lecaros says this doesn’t mean Peruvians have lost their faith, and most still consider themselves to be religious.
她说：“他们会倾听教皇的讲话，一些受到他榜样启发的人会重新对教会产生兴趣。最终，这取决于天主教的平信徒和神职领袖如何选择行动。”
“They’ll listen to the pope, and some inspired by his example, will renew their interest in the Church," she said. "In the end though, it will depend on how Catholic lay and clerical leaders choose to behave.”