By Belarmino Dabalos Saguing, Rome Italy 30.07.2013
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| At the Copacabana beach, Brazil |
POPE Francis left Brazil yesterday after leading a giant beach mass for
three million pilgrims, ending his historic trip with pleas for a humbler
church.
The first Latin American-born pontiff flew back to Rome hours
after addressing a sea of faithful who waved flags, danced and chanted
"Long live the Pope!" on the shoreline of Copacabana Beach.
But by now, many understood.
His true home in not in the pomp and ceremony of the palaces of Vatican. His
true home is among the inhabitants of slums of the poor people. He just have
the misfortune of being elected Pope.
In his farewell remarks at the airport, the
Pope revealed that during his visit to Brazil's revered Shrine of Our Lady of
Aparecida he had "implored Mary to strengthen you in the Christian faith,
which forms part of the noble soul of Brazil, as indeed of many other
countries".
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