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

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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)

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