During the reopening of a hospital in Bogotá, Colombian President Gustavo Petro delivered a speech that sent shock waves through the country’s religious community. The Evangelical Confederation of Colombia, known as CEDECOL, and other Christian groups expressed strong rejection of Petro’s remarks. Theological identity: The group said the president’s remarks distort historical and theological truth by attacking the central figure of the Christian faith. In a column published in Diario Cristiano Internacional, Cortés wrote that the term “Christ” (Christos) is not a distortion but the direct translation of the Hebrew Mashiach (Messiah), a term already used in the Septuagint centuries before Jesus. For many Christian leaders, the remarks are not a legitimate academic reflection but a trivialization that seeks to replace the transcendence of the Gospel with a framework of political activism.