Pope Leo & his Barber

                                                      Pope Leo and his barber, Mario Reyes

I've been attempting to make an appointment with my barber of the past six or seven years, a guy I trust to tame my beard amd trim the lost cause of the top of my head.  He seems to be booked up perpetually, but I'll keep trying. 

Hey, everyone wants a barber/hairdresser they can trust...even the Pope. I came upon a tweet (are they still tweets?) about Pope Leo's Peruvian barber, Mario Reyes, a 37-year old guy who moved to Rome three years ago. You may be aware that while Robert Francis Prevost, aka "da Pope", grew up in Chicago he spent many years in Peru where he was highly respected and a beloved figure. He is considered the Peruvian pope by Catholics in that nation. 

Since my knowledge of Italian is virtually non-existent and I can't figure out when or where the relationship started or how to activate translation on La Stampa article I'm not able to share more. I'm just tickled that another person with white hair and a receding hairline is human enough to want a trusted barber, even if he is the pope.