羅馬天主教宗繼續南美之行到訪玻利維亞

Pope Francis was greeted by Bolivian President Evo Morales when he arrived Wednesday on the second leg of his three-nation tour of his home continent of South America.

The pontiff told a crowd of thousands who gathered at the airport in the capital of La Paz that Bolivia "is making important steps towards including broad sectors in the country's economic, social and political life."

Mr. Morales said the visit of the Argentinean-born pope represents support for the "liberation" of the Bolivian people. Relations between Bolivia's Catholic Church and the Bolivian government became strained after Mr. Morales, the country's first indigenous leader, first took office in 2006, but have improved since Francis's election in 2013.

The pope later traveled into La Paz for talks with Mr. Morales and other political and civic leaders. During the trip, Francis stopped his motorcade at the spot where the body of Jesuit priest Luis Espinal was found in 1980 after he was arrested and tortured by Bolivian paramilitary squads.教宗方濟各星期三抵達玻利維亞，莫拉萊斯總統前往機場歡迎。玻利維亞是教宗南美三國之行的第二站。

教宗方濟各對聚集在玻利維亞首都拉巴斯機場的數千名歡迎民衆說，玻利維亞在鼓勵各個階層參與國家的經濟、社會和政治生活方面正取得重要的進展。

莫拉萊斯總統說，在阿根廷出生的教宗訪問玻利維亞，表明教宗支持玻利維亞人民的“解放”。莫拉萊斯是玻利維亞第一位原住民總統。他2006年就任後，玻利維亞天主教會和政府間的關係出現緊張，但2013年方濟各出任羅馬天主教教宗之後，關係有所改善。

教宗方濟各在拉巴斯與莫拉雷斯總統和市府其他市政領導人進行了交談。教宗車隊在1980年耶穌會牧師埃斯皮納爾的屍體被發現的地方做短暫停留。埃斯皮納爾當年被玻利維亞準軍事部隊逮捕，並遭酷刑。