Showing posts with label Pope Francis. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pope Francis. Show all posts

Monday, 22 July 2013

Pope Francis arrives in Brazil on first overseas trip

RIO DE JANEIRO (AFP) - Pope Francis landed in Brazil on Monday for his first overseas trip since becoming the first pontiff from Latin America.

[caption id="attachment_369673" align="alignright" width="250"]Pope Francis prays during his inauguration mass at St Peter's square on March 19, 2013 at the Vatican. World leaders flew in for Pope Francis's inauguration mass in St Peter's Square on Tuesday as he receives the formal symbols of papal power.     AFP PHOTO Pope Francis . AFP PHOTO[/caption]

Television images showed his plane landing at the Rio de Janeiro airport, with President Dilma Rousseff on hand to greet the 76-year-old Argentine pope.