Pedestrians are reflected in a shop window which shows an image of Pope Francis in La Paz, July 1, 2015. REUTERS/David Mercado
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis sets out on Sunday to three of South America's poorest and smallest countries, taking his message of solidarity with the downtrodden to prisoners, peasants, garbage pickers and indigenous people.
The July 5-13 trip to Ecuador, Bolivia and Paraguay will be his first abroad since he made a clarion call for defence of the environment and the poor in his landmark encyclical "Laudato Si" last month.
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