QUITO: Pope Francis makes his first South American trip in two years Sunday (Monday in Manila), for an eight-day tour of Ecuador, Bolivia and Paraguay -- but not his native Argentina.

The 78-year-old Jesuit pontiff, the first Pope from his “beloved South America,” has said he wants to highlight the plight of the poor on his home continent.

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