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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.
Central to this interpretation is the enduring legacy of liberation theology and its "preferential option for the poor." Far from representing a marginal or exclusively Latin American theological current, Kazai suggests that its ethical commitments have become integral to the contemporary Catholic Church's understanding of its mission. Yet this inheritance also demands institutional self-examination.
