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Pope Leo urges end to violence in Peru during visit to remote Andes town

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Al Jazeera Staff. (2026, November 14). Pope Leo urges end to violence in Peru during visit to remote Andes town. Al Jazeera. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/11/14/pope-leo-urges-end-to-violence-in-peru-during-visit-to-remote-andes-town?traffic_source=rss

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Al Jazeera · collected 2026-11-14 · by Al Jazeera Staff

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Pope Leo XIV visited the Peruvian town of Santa Cruz de Succhabamba, where he addressed the rampant violence and crime affecting the country. With Peru's homicide rate nearly doubling in recent years and reported extortion cases increasing dramatically, the pope urged people to combat injustice through prayer and patience rather than violence. During his visit, he highlighted the challenges faced by rural communities, including declining populations due to migration and low birth rates, emphasizing the need for societal changes to address these issues.
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“The articles cover different parts of the Pope's visit to Peru, with Article A focusing on his call to end violence in a specific town and Article B on his denouncement of 'machismo' and violence against women during his emotional return and subsequent address.”
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Chiclayo Peru Peruvians Santa Cruz de Succhabamba The Associated Press

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Peru GPE · 7× Leo PERSON · 5× Chiclayo GPE · 3× Leo XIV PERSON · 2× Santa Cruz de Succhabamba GPE · 2× Keiko Jujimori PERSON · 1× Lima GPE · 1× Peruvians NORP · 1× The Associated Press ORG · 1× Washington GPE · 1×

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2026-11-14 · Al Jazeera
Pope Leo urges end to violence in Peru during visit to remote Andes town · assertive framing

Claims (16 extracted, 1 hedged)

Pope Leo XIV has called for an end to the violence gripping Peru, urging people not to respond to injustice with brutality, as he visited communities he once served as bishop. asserted
he → call → bishop
“We feel threatened by the uncertainty of widespread violence and by the unspeakable suffering that continues to afflict so many of our brothers and sisters, he said, speaking at his former cathedral in Chiclayo. asserted
he → threaten → Chiclayo
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XIV → meet → Chiclayo
cheered on return to Peru city where he served as bishop asserted
he → cheer → bishop
Peru’s homicide rate has nearly doubled over the past five years, from 5.8 to 10.7 per 100,000 people. asserted
rate → double → people
Reported extortion cases rose from 2,421 in 2019 to 26,734 in 2025, according to official figures cited by The Associated Press. uncertain
cases → report → Press
Conservative President Keiko Jujimori took office in July after promising to tackle crime. asserted
Jujimori → take → crime
She has since declared states of emergency, including in Lima in August, then in September in prisons holding inmates linked to criminal organisations. asserted
She → declare → organisations
She has also pursued closer ties with Washington, bringing Peru into the ‘Shield of the Americas,’ a US-led regional coalition formed to carry out joint military operations against drug cartels. asserted
She → pursue → cartels
Later on Saturday, in the Andean town of Santa Cruz de Succhabamba with a population of about 6,000, about 20,000 people came to an outdoor Mass, where Leo also addressed violence in society. asserted
Leo → come → society
“Selfishness, injustice and evil are not overcome by brutality, but by prayer, patience and perseverance in denouncing what is wrong, by making our pleas with determination and working diligently to bring about the necessary changes,” said the leader of the Roman Catholic church. asserted
leader → overcome → church
He also drew attention to the suffering of rural communities he used to serve, where migration and declining birth rates are emptying villages. asserted
migration → draw → villages
“Let us think, for example, of the suffering of those who are forced to leave their homeland in search of a better future for themselves and their families in the great coastal cities,” he said. asserted
he → let → cities
Originally from Chicago in the United States and formerly known as Robert Francis Prevost, Leo arrived in Santa Cruz de Succhabamba by helicopter and was welcomed by a local band singing “Pope Leo, welcome home.” asserted
Leo → know → band
He’d made the journey to the remote area many times before during his time as bishop of Chiclayo from 2015 to 2023, driving himself along winding mountain roads in a pick-up truck. asserted
He → make → truck
The pope, who holds both US and Peruvian citizenship, spent about two decades working in Peru as a missionary priest and bishop. asserted
who → hold → priest
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