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Pope Francis 'homecoming' tour moves from Ecuador to Bolivia

Pope Francis flies to Bolivia on Wednesday after drawing about 1.5 million people to Masses in Ecuador on the first leg of a "homecoming" tour, where he urged the world to take better care of the environment and the poor.

The Argentine-born pontiff was spending his last few hours at a home for the elderly in Ecuador's highland capital Quito and a shrine just outside the city where he was to meet priests, nuns and seminarians.

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