Pope Francis in South America

Faithful await the arrival of Pope Francis for Mass at the square of Christ the Redeemer in Santa Cruz, Bolivia.

Wilson Franco begs along the street as people walk to the site where Pope Francis will pass by in his popemobile in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. Francis arrived in the Andean nation after three days in Ecuador.

Pope Francis arrives in his popemobile to celebrate a Mass at Christ the Redeemer square in Santa Cruz, Bolivia.

Pope Francis greets a soldier as he rides with La Paz Archbishop Edmundo Abastoflor outside La Paz, Bolivia, the second stop on his South American trip.

Pope Francis waves from the popemobile while heading to the Bicentennial Park in Quito, Ecuador. Pope Francis celebrates his second open air mass in as many days in Ecuador the capital city roiled for the past month by anti-government protests.

Hundreds of faithful gather before the start of an open-air mass by Pope Francis at the Bicentennial Park in Quito, Ecuador.

A child waits for the start of an open-air mass by Pope Francis at the Bicentennial Park in Quito, Ecuador.

Priests walk on the stage before the start of an open-air mass celebrated by Pope Francis at the Bicentennial Park in Quito, Ecuador.

Priests gather before the start of an open-air mass celebrated by Pope Francis at the Bicentennial Park in Quito, Ecuador.

Pope Francis waves as Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa applauds, from the balcony of Carondelet Presidential Palace in Quito.

Pope Francis speaking at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Quito, Ecuador. Earlier in the day, the first pope from Latin America made an impassioned plea to fulfill the “social debt” toward families as he addressed some 800,000 people in a park in Guayaquil, Ecuador’s largest city.