Pope Francis addresses the crowd of faithful as the mountain Illimani is seen in the back in El Alto, Bolivia, July 8, 2015. REUTERS/Daniel Rodrigo
LA PAZ, Bolivia (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Wednesday praised Bolivia's social reforms to spread wealth under leftist President Evo Morales and urged the world not to view prosperity as material wealth, which he warned only breeds corruption and conflict.
Morales' strained relations with the Catholic Church have begun thawing under the Argentine-born pontiff's papacy, and he warmly embraced the pope seven years after denouncing the Church as "an instrument of domination".
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