Larger-than-life Leo statue awaits the pope on Peru’s Pacific coast

By Cassandra Garrison LIMA, Nov 9 (Reuters) – 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-meter (46-foot) monument stands in Callao, a port city adjoining…