Met by indigenous children in traditional garb and a stiff Andean wind
that blew the white skullcap off his head as he emerged from his
airplane, Pope Francis
arrived here on Sunday to start a three-nation tour that will take him
to some of the poorest and yet most environmentally rich countries of
his native continent.
“I
give thanks to God for having allowed me to return to Latin America,”
he said after being greeted on the tarmac with a hug by President Rafael
Correa.