Overview
- Photos shared by Teófilo Cubillas document the pope smiling while holding a 1978-era Peru shirt during the Rome audience.
- The delegation included Cubillas, former national coach Ricardo Gareca, and former FPF president Edwin Oviedo.
- Cubillas wrote that meeting the pontiff was an honor and he thanked Oviedo for helping arrange the visit.
- Reports say the pope offered a special blessing for the visitors’ families and for Peru.
- Libero reported that Oviedo also gave the pope his biographical book and a team jersey, a detail not widely corroborated.