Peru’s ‘Lord of Miracles’ procession canceled amid pandemic

LIMA, Peru (AP) — The archbishopric of Lima has announced that Peru’s astir fashionable Roman Catholic procession has been canceled for the 2nd consecutive twelvemonth due to the fact that of the coronavirus pandemic. The Lord of Miracles procession venerates a 17th period rendering of Jesus Christ and successful the past has attracted much than 100,000 people. It culminates erstwhile a elephantine replica is carried to Las Nazarenas monastery successful downtown Lima wherever the archetypal Lord of Miracles mural is. It is lone the 3rd suspension successful the past of the procession, pursuing suspensions past twelvemonth and successful 1882 during a warfare with Chile, the archbishopric says.