Andy Ortiz

2 days ago | cnn.com | Caitlin Hu |Stefano Pozzebon |David von Blohn |Andy Ortiz

Chiclayo, Peru CNN  —  Chiclayo’s main plaza was raucous with the sounds of hammering and music, people milling in anticipation as the scaffolding went up for vast digital screens in front of the city cathedral. Saturday’s open-air mass would be a very special one: a celebration marking the ascendency of Pope Leo XIV, the world’s first American pope – but better known here as Robert, the world’s first Chiclayano pope.