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Peru's Fujimori tells Pope Leo country must pursue national reconciliation

Reuters

LIMA, Nov ‌11 (Reuters) - Peruvian President Keiko Fujimori, the ​conservative ‌daughter of former President ‌Alberto Fujimori, used Pope Leo's visit ‌on Wednesday to say Peru must confront its "unfinished task" of national ⁠reconciliation after decades ‌marked by guerrilla ⁠violence, state abuses and ​deep political polarization.

Speaking in Lima, Fujimori ​cast Leo - the ​Chicago-born ‌former missionary who spent ​about two decades ⁠in Peru ‌and became the ​first ​Peruvian citizen to lead the Roman Catholic Church - as a moral ‌voice for healing old wounds through dialogue, ‌democratic ​institutions and mutual respect.

(Reporting by Joshua McElwee and Marco Aquino; ‌editing by Cassandra Garrison)