Demonstrators clash with security forces near the Juliaca, Peru, airport during a protest January 9, demanding early elections and the release of jailed former Peruvian President Pedro Castillo. Photo: OSV News/Hugo Courotto, Reuters Peru’s bishops have called on the country’s government to stop violence that claimed at least 18 lives in anti-government protests January 9-10 and has left more than 40 people dead and hundreds injured since early December. After expressing their condolences to the families of those killed and promising pastoral accompaniment to the wounded, the bishops…
