President of Peru Consecrates Country to Sacred Heart

President of Peru Consecrates Country to Sacred Heart October 25, 2016

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The recently elected president of Peru, Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, the son of a Hitler-fleeing Jewish father and a Swiss mother, consecrated his family as well as Peru to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary during the National Prayer Breakfast held in Lima last Friday at the Swisshôtel of San Isidro.  The annual event is usually attended by business and political leaders of the country, but this was the first time in thirty-one years that the president attended.

“By the authority vested in me, I make an act of consecration of myself, my family and the Republic of Peru, to the love and protection of Almighty God through the intercession of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary,” Kuczynski stated.  The president asked God for forgiveness for his personal sins from the past, as well as those committed by the Republic of Peru; including all decisions taken that were contrary to God’s commandments. (Translation from CNA).

Pedro Pablo Kuczynski was born in Lima in 1938 in the district of Miraflores.  A well known economist, politician, and public administrator, he first ran for president in 2011 and lost.  He won this year by a very small margin, upsetting Keiko Fujimori who believed she had the victory secured.  He was sworn in on July 28th, Peru’s independence day.  Kuczynski worked at the World Bank in the USA and returned to Peru eventually to become the General Manager of the Central Reserve Bank of Peru.  He served as Secretary of Energy and Mines, Secretary of the Economy, and Prime Minister for various past governments.

Interesting family trivia of the president is that his brother-in-law Harold Varmus received the Nobel Prize in 1989, and his first cousin Jean-Luc Godard is a well-known French-Swiss film director.

I pray that Peru’s new president will continue to guide the country towards peace and prosperity.  May he pay attention to the needs of the poorest and the marginalized, while conducting all business with transparency.

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