After emotional return, Pope Leo denounces 'machismo' in Peru and demands respect for women
An Associated Press article reports Pope Leo XIV's emotional 11 November homecoming in Lima, where 40,000 people serenaded him and he bounded up stairs months after lung cancer surgery, and where he denounced widespread 'machismo' and violence against women, noting Peru recorded 1,261 femicide victims between 2016 and 2024. He told Peruvian bishops to respond to clergy sexual abuse with truth and justice and urged them to model themselves on St. Turibius de Mogrovejo, with a victims' protest planned for later that day.
