LA Peruvian Catholics celebrate ‘Milagros’ tradition ahead of Pope Leo’s Peru trip

For the annual Mass and procession to celebrate El Señor de los Milagros (“the Lord of Miracles”), Abraham Villalobos has been carrying the anda — the religious float carrying the image of Christ — for the past 15 years.

For Villalobos, carrying the weight on his shoulders means praying for his family, work, and his three sick daughters.

“That is why I always come to pray to the Lord,” he said. “When I am carrying the anda, I ask him to let me feel the pain and weight of carrying it so that my daughters can suffer a little less. That is my personal devotion.”

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