<p>LIMA: Before Pope Leo reaches Peru later this week, a larger-than-life version is already waiting for him on the Pacific shore.
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A 14-metre white statue of Pope Leo was inaugurated in Callao, Peru, ahead of his arrival on Wednesday. The municipality describes the monument as the world's tallest sculpture of a pope.
- The statue was unveiled in Callao, a port city adjoining Lima, on Monday.
- Pope Leo's arrival in Peru will conclude his 12-day, three-country South American tour.
- The 71-year-old pontiff is the first US-born pope to visit the region.
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LIMA: Before Pope Leo reaches Peru later this week, a larger-than-life version is already waiting for him on the Pacific shore.
A towering white statue of the pontiff, arms stretched wide, was inaugurated on Monday ahead of Leo's final and most personal leg of his South American tour.
The 14-metre monument stands in Callao, a port city adjoining Lima, and is billed by its municipality as the world's tallest sculpture of a pope.
It depicts the first US-born pope in flowing white robes in a country that has embraced him as one of its own.
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