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Pope to visit indigenous in Chiapas

Francis to meet indigenous people

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(ANSA) - Mexico City, February 15 - Pope Francis will travel to the state of Chiapas in Mexico's south on Monday to visit indigenous people of the area bordering Guatemala, many of whom suffer extreme poverty.
    On Sunday during his Angelus in Ecatepec, near Mexico City, the pontiff blasted narcos, calling them "traffickers of death".
    He called on Mexicans to "be on the front lines, to be proactive in all the initiatives that could help make this holy Mexican land a land of opportunity".
    On Monday Pope Francis will celebrate Mass with the indigenous people of San Cristobal de Las Casas, in a ceremony officiated in three local languages in addition to Spanish, followed by lunch with local indigenous representatives.
    Later in the afternoon he will visit families at the stadium in Tuxtla Gutierrez, the capital of Chiapas, before arriving back in Mexico City around 8 p.m. local time.
   

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