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Pope greets hundreds of thousands in Ecuador

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Hundreds of thousands of people filled a park in Ecuador's main port city of Guayaquil on July 6 for Pope Francis' first big Mass of his South American tour.

As the first Latin American pope arrived in his popemobile, people cheered, "Francisco! Francisco!"

In his homily, Francis praised families as the bedrock of society — "the nearest hospital, the first school for the young, the best home for the elderly" — and said miracles are performed every day inside a family out of love.

Francis was also set to visit Bolivia and Paraguay, South America's two poorest countries. (AP)

フランシスコ法王、南米3ヵ国訪問

南米3ヵ国を歴訪中のフランシスコ法王は7月6日、最初の訪問国エクアドルで数十万人を前にミサを行ない、社会の根本としての家族の大切さを説いた。

The Japan Times ST: July 17, 2015