Blessing instead of tipping and crackling in the morning: what Peruvians say from the Pope

Thanks with blessings. At Telol Restaurant, where she had dinner two to three times a week, she thanked a blessing, never with a tip. “Happy and lucky to have attended our Pope Leo 14 today,” the waiter Carlos López told AFP, between laughs and memories.

Parnish and goat. The favorite menu included crackons with coffee and orange juice for breakfast; at noon, chiclayan goat; At night, chicken broth. “He was a lover of Chiclayan food, he liked it a lot,” López said, pointing to the table where he always sat down to the cathedral.

Playful, simple and always polite. Thus describes Rodrigo Couto, manager of Las Américas restaurant, another place where the now pontiff frequented. “We were sometimes mistaken in the request, and he said, ‘May God pay you,'” he recalls.

Naturalized Peruvian, Leo 14 lived more than two decades in the country. This bond helped him build his image close to the people.

The Pope in Peru

Leão 14 has has been Peruvian citizenship since 2015. Becoming a citizen of the country was a requirement to hold ecclesiastical positions such as bishop and archbishop, according to Peruvian standards.