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A police office stands guard outside the Cathedral in Santiago, Chile, Saturday, Jan. 18, 2018. President Michelle Bachelet is asking the country to receive Pope Francis in a "climate of respect," hours after three Roman Catholic churches were firebombed and a note left at the scene threatening the pontiff. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
- Esteban Felix
In this Jan. 7, 2018 photo, police guard the Santuario de la Virgen del Transito in Temuco, Chile. While the vast majority of Chile's estimated 1 million citizens of Mapuche descent oppose using violence, a small number use it to push their agenda. In recent years scores of churches have been among the targets. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
- Esteban Felix
In this Jan. 7, 2018 photo, Priest Claude Yves Dilayen baptizes a woman in the Mapuche community Newen Wenu Chau in Temuco, Chile. Pope Francis will celebrate Mass for the Mapuche in southern Araucania on Jan. 17, and then break bread with a dozen or so indigenous at a private lunch. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
- Esteban Felix
In this Jan. 7, 2018 photo, Priest Claude Yves Dilayen enters a church to celebrate Mass in the Mapuche community Newen Wenu Chau in Temuco, Chile. While the vast majority of Chile's estimated 1 million citizens of Mapuche descent oppose using violence, a small number use it to push their agenda. In recent years scores of churches have been among the targets. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
- Esteban Felix
This Jan. 7, 2018 photo shows paintings with Mapuche, Catholic and scenic motifs displayed for sale at a cultural fair in the Puerto Dominguez community in Temuco, Chile. History's first Latin American pope will meet with indigenous groups in both Chile and Peru, evidence of his longstanding commitment to supporting native Americans in their struggles against poverty, discrimination and the exploitation of their lands. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
- Esteban Felix
In this Jan. 8, 2018 photo, a Mapuche pulls a tarp over harvested lettuce grown on rented land near the air base where Pope Francis will celebrate Mass in Temuco, Chile. When Pope Francis visits the de facto capital of Chile's indigenous population, he will be inserting himself into one of Latin America's longest standing conflicts involving native peoples, which periodically erupts in violence. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
- Esteban Felix
In this Jan. 8, 2018 photo, the Mapuche flag flies over a traditional home known as a "ruca," near the air base where Pope Francis will officiate a Mass in Temuco, Chile. Francis' visit comes as some radical Mapuche groups have been staging violent protests, occupying and burning farms, churches and lumber trucks to demand the return of their land. Protests are planned in Temuco during the papal visit. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
- Esteban Felix
In this Jan. 7, 2018 photo, a Mapuche woman waits for transport in Temuco, Chile. Many Mapuche live in poverty on the borders of timber company land or ranches owned by the descendants of the Europeans who colonized the area after the indigenous resistance was quelled. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
- Esteban Felix
In this Jan. 9, 2018 photo, a billboard welcomes Pope Francis in Temuco, Chile. When Francis visits the de facto capital of Chile's indigenous population, he will be inserting himself into one of Latin America's longest standing conflicts involving native peoples, which periodically erupts in violence. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
- Esteban Felix
In this Jan. 8, 2018 photo, a truck filled with harvested heads of lettuce, drives past the Maquehue Air Base in Temuco, Chile. Protests are expected in Temuco, including outside the air base where the Pope Francis will celebrate Mass. It was built on land that was taken from Mapuches in the early 20th century and remains a point of friction. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
- Esteban Felix
In this Jan. 8, 2018 photo, police drive past the Maquehue Air Base where Pope Francis will celebrate Mass in Temuco, Chile. Chilean authorities plan to deploy thousands of police officers in Temuco's streets, where Francis will ride in the pope mobile down a central avenue before visiting an order of nuns. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
- Esteban Felix
In this Jan. 8, 2018 photo, Kallfurayen Llanquileo, a Mapuche healer and religious leader known as a "Machi," poses for a photo with her shaman drum at her home in the Mapuche community Enoco in Temuco, Chile. Leaders of both the Mapuches and the Chilean government have said in recent weeks they hope Pope Francis can "facilitate dialogue" on disputes dating to the late 19th century. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
- Esteban Felix
In this Jan. 7, 2018 photo, Mauricio Painefil readies a traditional indigenous home known as a "ruca" for tourists, in the Mapuche community Llaguepulli in Temuco, Chile. The Mapuche are successfully introducing ethno-turismo, sharing their ancestral traditions and culture. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
- Esteban Felix
This Jan. 8, 2018 photo shows ceremonial Mapuche drums, known as "kultruns," stored on a kitchen shelf in the home of Kallfurayen Llanquileo, a healer and religious leader known as a "Machi" in the Mapuche community Enoco in Temuco, Chile. "In practical terms, we as a people don't exist. It's shameful," said the president of ENAMA, a Mapuche group that encourages local businesses and advocates social change. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
- Esteban Felix