Pope Francis leaves for Brazil visit
Published:Monday | July 22, 2013 | 1:06 PM
Pope Francis has left Rome for Brazil for his first foreign trip, which will take place amid high security.
The pontiff will be greeted by some two million young people from all over the world at the Roman Catholic World Youth Day festival in Rio de Janeiro.
The first Latin American Pope will also celebrate Mass on the famous Copacabana beach and visit shanty towns.
Some 22,000 security staff will be on duty during the visit of the Pope, who is not using his armoured Popemobile.
On his way to Brazil, Pope Francis said the global crisis risked creating a lost generation of jobless youth.
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