President Keiko Fujimori welcomed the pope to Lima, where the Vatican estimates 3 million people greeted him. He urged justice and sensitivity toward Peru’s past, leaving room for harmony and respectful differences.
Pope Leo XIV arrived at a Lima-area air base on 11 November 2026, beginning the Peru leg of his South America tour. President Keiko Fujimori welcomed him.
Leo holds Peruvian citizenship and spent more than two decades in the country as a missionary priest and bishop. Addressing authorities and diplomats in Lima, he described the visit as a return to his homeland.
The Vatican estimated that about 3 million people greeted him in Lima.
Pope Leo XIV met six survivors of clerical abuse in Peru, spending more than an hour listening to them individually and thanking them for their testimony, the Vatican said. Some were linked to Sodalitium Christianae Vitae, a Catholic lay society shut down in 2025 after years of allegations of abuse and corruption. Earlier, Leo told bishops that the Church must make amends to victims and foster a culture of prevention and protection. Survivor Renzo Orbegozo told AFP that victims sought comprehensive reparation, including psychological and medical support and help with social reintegration.
In his address to Fujimori, Leo urged that Peru’s past be treated with justice and sensitivity, allowing harmony to grow and differences to be addressed respectfully. Al Jazeera said he invited the president to confront the wounds of the country’s turbulent past, alluding to her father’s contested legacy.
When former President Alberto Fujimori was pardoned in 2017, Leo—then Bishop Robert Prevost—criticized the move. He said the former president should personally seek victims’ forgiveness for genuine reconciliation.
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Welcoming Leo, Keiko Fujimori said Peru must face the unfinished task of reconciliation after decades of insurgent violence, state abuses and political divisions.
Leo is scheduled to spend 3 days in the northern city of Chiclayo, where he was bishop from 2015 to 2023. He is due back at the Vatican on 17 November.
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