It showed staff living quarters in cramped holiday accommodation a long way from the Amazon warehouse, which could only be reached by an unreliable bus service.

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On Thursday, when Francis returned to his former living quarters to collect his bags and settle accounts, his actions inspired tears of staff members as the pontiff remembered names of employees and inquired into the well-being of their families.

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