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By Sarah Marsh and Philip Pullella SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia (Reuters) - Saying he too had made mistakes and sinned, Pope Francis on Friday urged inmates at one of Latin America's most violent prisons to shun gang violence and exhorted guards to treat them with dignity. A man who was, and is, saved from his many sins," the pope told hundreds of prisoners and their children on a visit to a place one long-time inmate likened to "Sodom and Gomorrah". It is Jesus Christ, the mercy of the Father," he said as two children wandered up to the stage and sat before him.More...