Millions Expected for Masses as Pope Starts South American Tour

Thousands of worshippers camped out overnight in Ecuador awaiting Pope Francis, who begins a three-country tour with an open-air service in the southwestern city of Guayaquil. More than a million people are expected for the papal mass Monday. The 78-year-old Jesuit pope landed Sunday in Ecuador's capital, Quito, on the first leg of his visit. Government and Church dignitaries greeted him, along with colorfully dressed children and adults waving the papal flag and standing on either...

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