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Thousands pour into a park in Uruguay for Pope Leo's first Mass in South America

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PAYSANDÚ, Uruguay -- PAYSANDÚ, Uruguay (AP) — Pope Leo XIV urged an estimated 40,000 people in Uruguay on Saturday to build bridges of fraternity and faith, using his first Mass in South America to deliver an ode to the region's beloved mate tea and raise the profile of the Catholic Church in its most secular country.

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