More than 30,000 people, many from Uruguay but also from neighbouring Argentina and Brazil, had registered to attend the Mass in the Parque Paris Londres, a sprawling green space on the southern edge of Paysandu, a city that no pope has ever visited before

Paraguay President Santiago Pena faces impeachment after the Ueno Bank takeover froze deposits of nearly three million people, triggering mass protests. His resignation remains on hold as lawmakers investigate alleged misconduct and conflict of interest