[01:55.68]Huge crowds have welcomed Pope Francis in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro in his first overseas visit as head of the Roman Catholic Church.
[02:04.60]He joined a parade through the streets of Rio in an open vehicle, dismissing the authority’s advice to use a bullet-proof popemobile.
[02:12.41]The Argentine-born pope returns to his native South America to join more than a million Roman Catholics from all over the world in a youth festival.
[02:21.27]Here's Julia Carneiro.
[02:22.85]Thousands of people have been crowding the streets of Rio city centre to greet Pope Francis outside the city's Metropolitan Cathedral.
[02:30.85]People in the city centre where the pope will pass on his popemobile are chanting, waving their arms and carrying flags of their countries.
[02:38.21]Over 300,000 people registered for the World Youth Day, and here, there are flags from Mexico, Paraguay,
[02:45.04]and especially Argentina, where the pope was born and most foreign visitors are coming from.
[02:50.62]That report from Julia Carneiro reporting from Rio de Janeiro there on the pope's visit.
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