A million faithful throng Paraguay town for papal visit

July 12, 2015 00:06

About a million worshippers packed the Paraguayan town of Caacupe today to see Pope Francis, who is wrapping up a three-country South America tour in which he has repeatedly spoken up for the poor.

The pope, 78, paid special tribute to Paraguay's women, largely left widowed and orphaned during the War of the Triple Alliance from 1865 to 1870, which nearly decimated the male population.

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