Chile: Thousands of pilgrims await Pope for open air Temuco mass Thousands of pilgrims fill the Maquehue airfield in the city of Temuco as they wait to listen to the words of Pope Francis in which he is expected to draw attention to the plight of the persecuted indigenous Mapuche people. The Mapuche is Chile's largest indigenous group, which complains of discrimination and abuse and is seeking the return of ancestral lands now in private hands. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES