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At 11:40 a.m., the Holy Father Leo XIV traveled by car to the Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary for the 11:45 a.m. Angelus prayer. Around 60,000 people awaited the Pope in the Plaza de Armas , in front of the Cathedral. Upon his arrival, the Pope, accompanied by the Archbishop of Cusco, His Excellency Monsignor Lizardo Estrada Herrera, entered the Cathedral to pay homage to the tomb of His Excellency Monsignor Richard Daniel Alarcón Urrutia, Archbishop of Cusco who recently passed away. After the words of welcome from the Archbishop of Cusco, the Holy Father recited the Angelus Prayer. Afterwards, the Holy Father presented the Sudarium to the Señor de los Temblores , imparted the blessing and presented a gift. At the end, the Pope, after greeting a group of people with disabilities in the Plaza de Armas, transferred by open car to Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport in Cusco. FULL TEXT POPE LEO XIV at the ANGELUS in Square of the Cathedral Basil...