François Picard is pleased to welcome Victor Casallo, Director of the Department of Philosophical and Theological Studies at Antonio Ruiz de Montoya University. Can a Pope shaped by Peru’s history of political violence, social inequality and religious activism help a deeply polarized nation heal and rediscover the possibility of dialogue? “We tend to see the other person not as someone who holds a different opinion, but as an enemy.” Casallo argues that Pope Leo, the first American-born pontiff’s identity cannot be understood through his Chicago origins alone. His decades of pastoral experience in Peru, amid political instability, terrorism, state violence and profound social inequalities, have shaped a religious outlook rooted in cultural openness, solidarity with the marginalized and an intimate understanding of human suffering.
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