“We must be like the shihuahuaco”: the meaning behind the tree that Pope Leo XIV will plant in Pucallpa

Pope Leo XIV is scheduled to visit Pucallpa, Peru, where a central symbolic event will take place in the city's Plaza de Armas. As part of the preparations for his arrival in the Ucayali region, organizers have proposed that the pontiff plant a shihuahuaco tree, an act intended to convey a specific symbolic meaning regarding the character of the species.