More violence reported as Pope Francis visits homeland of Mapuche indigenous group in Chile
by Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times
Jan 17, 2018
2 minutes
SANTIAGO, Chile - Pope Francis celebrated Mass on Wednesday in the homeland of Chile's Mapuche indigenous community, paying tribute to a group that has been engaged in a sometimes violent struggle to bolster autonomy and reclaim lost ancestral lands.
In the third day of his swing through Chile and Peru, Francis flew to the city of Temuco, 420 miles south of the capital, Santiago, in Chile's heavily forested
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