A new Vatican documentary titled “León de Perú” offers an intimate and moving portrayal of the early missionary life of Robert Francis Prevost—now Pope Leo XIV—during his decades of service in Peru.
"It is time to raise our gaze and move towards encounter and reconciliation with justice. The country must not continue in anxiety, fear and uncertainty," the statement read.
The Bishops of Peru stressed, in a statement published on December 12 on the recent deadly protest, that “Violence is not the solution to crisis or differences. No more violence, no more deaths! Peru must be our priority!”