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| Huge crowd attends Pope's final Mass in Paraguay | Huge crowd attends Pope's final Mass in Paraguay |
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| Hundreds of thousands of people have attended the final Mass celebrated by Pope Francis during his visit to Paraguay. | Hundreds of thousands of people have attended the final Mass celebrated by Pope Francis during his visit to Paraguay. |
| The Pope urged Christians to "embrace hospitality" and reject the "logic of selfishness". | The Pope urged Christians to "embrace hospitality" and reject the "logic of selfishness". |
| The Paraguay visit was the culmination of the Pope's eight-day tour of some of South America's poorest countries. | |
| During his previous stops in Bolivia and Ecuador, he spoke out against social injustices in the region. | During his previous stops in Bolivia and Ecuador, he spoke out against social injustices in the region. |
| He also apologised for the role of the Roman Catholic Church in the brutal colonisation of most of Latin America by the Spanish. | He also apologised for the role of the Roman Catholic Church in the brutal colonisation of most of Latin America by the Spanish. |
| 'Welcome the stranger' | 'Welcome the stranger' |
| "Welcome the hungry, the thirsty, the stranger, the naked, the sick, the prisoner, the leper and the disabled," Pope Francis spoke at the Mass in Asuncion. | "Welcome the hungry, the thirsty, the stranger, the naked, the sick, the prisoner, the leper and the disabled," Pope Francis spoke at the Mass in Asuncion. |
| "Welcome those who don't think like us, those who don't have faith or have lost their faith." | "Welcome those who don't think like us, those who don't have faith or have lost their faith." |
| Earlier the Pope visited the Banado Norte shantytown in Asuncion, home to some 100,000 people. | |
| He urged residents to stand up for each other. | He urged residents to stand up for each other. |
| "No matter how many Masses on Sundays, if you don't have a heart in solidarity, if you don't know what is happening in our town, your faith is very weak, or it's sick or it's dead." | "No matter how many Masses on Sundays, if you don't have a heart in solidarity, if you don't know what is happening in our town, your faith is very weak, or it's sick or it's dead." |
| Pope Francis, who was born in Argentina, is the first leader of the Roman Catholic Church to come from Latin America. | Pope Francis, who was born in Argentina, is the first leader of the Roman Catholic Church to come from Latin America. |
| Thousands of people travelled from neighbouring Argentina for the Pope's last Mass in the tour, including President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner. | Thousands of people travelled from neighbouring Argentina for the Pope's last Mass in the tour, including President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner. |