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Pope Leo XIV arrives in Peru for a six-day visit

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Covered by 13 outlets, mostly left-leaning (69%).

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Pope Leo XIV arrived in Peru this week for a six-day visit, the final stop of his Latin American tour, and was welcomed by President Keiko Fujimori. Deutsche Welle estimates that 3 million people greeted him in Lima. Leo spent about two decades in Peru as a missionary and bishop and became a naturalized citizen. He served as bishop of Chiclayo from 2015 to 2023 and is expected to spend three days in the city. Outlets report that he had surgery to remove a lung tumor weeks before the trip.

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  1. Pope Leo XIV arrived in Peru this week for a six-day visit, the final leg of his Latin American tour.

    Across the spectrumReported byLeft2Center2See the outletsHide the outlets
    Left
    Los Angeles Times, NBC News
    Center
    United Press International, Deutsche Welle

  2. President Keiko Fujimori welcomed the pope on his arrival.

    Reported byLeft1Center1See the outletsHide the outlets
    Left
    The New York Times
    Center
    United Press International

  3. An estimated 3 million people greeted the pope in Lima, according to Deutsche Welle.

    One outletDeutsche Welle· Center

  4. The pope is expected to spend three days in Chiclayo, where he was bishop from 2015 to 2023.

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    Left
    Los Angeles Times, ABC News, Al Jazeera English
    Center
    Scripps News

  5. The pope had surgery to remove a lung tumor weeks before the trip, after a cancer diagnosis.

    One side only: the leftReported byLeft2See the outletsHide the outlets
    Left
    Los Angeles Times, NBC News

How each side tells it

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Every side reports that Pope Leo XIV arrived in Peru for a six-day visit and was welcomed by President Keiko Fujimori. Left outlets frame it as a personal homecoming, stressing his years in Chiclayo; center outlets stress the crowds and his calls for unity.

  • the left

    9 outlets

    Left headlines cast it as a personal homecoming to Chiclayo, his former diocese; the Far Left Boston Globe, running an AP report, frames it as a national party.

    Before he was Pope Leo, he was their bishop. Now he’s coming home.
    The Washington PostLeftAll left-leaning headlines

  • the center

    4 outlets

    Center headlines lead with the welcome and the pope’s calls for unity, describing Peru as his homeland; Scripps, carrying an AP report, uses the same Chiclayo headline as ABC News.

    Pope Leo XIV returns to adopted homeland Peru, calls for unity
    United Press InternationalCenterAll center headlines

  • the right

    No coverage yet

    No right-leaning outlet that Mantle follows has covered this story yet. That absence is part of the picture.

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    anti-immigrant policies

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    anti-immigrant policiesMore neutral: immigration restrictions

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    …Catholic faith in Latin America, the pope is challenging the austerity and anti-immigrant policies of right-wing leaders.

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From the left

9 outlets

Leads with

  • his ties to Chiclayo and its people
  • his care for the poor
  • his health after lung surgery
  • his critique of right-wing governments

Leaves out

  • the pope’s call for unity and stronger democratic institutions

Reported by other sides, not found in this side’s coverage.

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From the center

4 outlets

Leads with

  • the big welcome and crowds
  • calls for unity and democratic institutions
  • Peru as his homeland
  • the six-day schedule

Leaves out

  • the pope’s veiled critique of Argentine President Javier Milei’s austerity campaign
  • his recent lung-tumor surgery

Reported by other sides, not found in this side’s coverage.

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From the right

0 outlets

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Who reported it when

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  • Left

    23 hr 11 min later

    Its first report, Nov 11, 5:00 AM EST

  • Center

    First to report

    France 24, Nov 10, 5:48 AM EST

  • Right

    No report yet

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  1. France 24CenterNov 10, 5:48 AM EST
  2. The Washington PostLeftNov 11, 5:00 AM EST
  3. CNNLeftNov 11, 5:00 AM EST
  4. The Boston GlobeFar LeftNov 11, 6:18 PM EST
  5. NBC NewsLeftNov 11, 7:22 PM EST
  6. The New York TimesLeftNov 11, 9:39 PM EST
  7. CBS NewsLeftNov 11, 10:36 PM EST
  8. Deutsche WelleCenterNov 11, 11:42 PM EST
  9. Al Jazeera EnglishLeftNov 12, 2:37 AM EST
  10. ABC NewsLeftNov 12, 4:13 AM EST
  11. United Press InternationalCenterNov 12, 11:08 AM EST
  12. Scripps NewsCenterNov 12, 11:14 AM EST
  13. Los Angeles TimesLeftNov 13, 6:00 AM EST

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