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Pope Leo hold first mass in Uruguay, urges crowd to be ‘bridge builders’

Vatican says some 40,000 people gathered to listen to the head of the Roman Catholic Church in western city of Paysandu.

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Pope Leo XIV urged Catholics in Uruguay to build bridges of faith and fraternity on the second day of his 12-day tour of Uruguay, Argentina and Peru. The pope's three-country tour comes just three weeks after he underwent surgery for lung cancer.

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Pope Leo calls on Uruguay's Catholics to be 'bridge builders'

Pope Leo XIV urged Catholics in Uruguay to build bridges of faith and fraternity on the second day of his 12-day tour of Uruguay, Argentina and Peru. The pope's three-country tour comes just three weeks after he underwent surgery for lung cancer.

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