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Pope Francis changes in fast-food restaurant before Mass | Pope Francis changes in fast-food restaurant before Mass |
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Pope Francis chose to change clothes in a fast-food restaurant in the Bolivian city of Santa Cruz before leading an open-air Mass before an audience of hundreds of thousands. | |
The famously unpretentious Pope used his address to encourage Bolivian Catholics to reject consumerism. | The famously unpretentious Pope used his address to encourage Bolivian Catholics to reject consumerism. |
He told them the economic system excluded people and created barriers. | He told them the economic system excluded people and created barriers. |
The Pope will now travel to Paraguay, the third and final country on his tour of South America. | The Pope will now travel to Paraguay, the third and final country on his tour of South America. |
On Thursday Pope Francis rode through the streets of Santa Cruz for about an hour. | On Thursday Pope Francis rode through the streets of Santa Cruz for about an hour. |
The Burger King restaurant had been booked by the Pope's organisers and curtained off in advance so he could change into his religious vestments before the Mass. | The Burger King restaurant had been booked by the Pope's organisers and curtained off in advance so he could change into his religious vestments before the Mass. |
It reopened later in the day for business but with the altar and throne used in the Mass still inside. | It reopened later in the day for business but with the altar and throne used in the Mass still inside. |
During his sermon he denounced what he said was a "mentality in which everything has a price, everything can be bought (...) making room only for a select few". | During his sermon he denounced what he said was a "mentality in which everything has a price, everything can be bought (...) making room only for a select few". |
Later in a long speech to civic leaders, Pope Francis apologised for the actions of the Catholic Church against indigenous peoples during the conquest and colonisation of the Americas. | |
He said he humbly begged for forgiveness for the crimes that were committed. |
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