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No bullet-proof popemobile in Brazil. The Vatican said on Wednesday, July 17, that Pope Francis will instead travel in an open-top jeep during his 7-day visit to Brazil that starts on July 22. “We are going to Brazil with confidence in the authorities’ ability to manage the situation,” Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi said during a briefing on the Pope’s first foreign trip since being chosen last March. The visit coincides with World Youth Day which will be celebrated in Rio de Janeiro and will be attended by more than a million young people from 170 countries. Brazil has been witness to demonstrations prompted by the cost of public transport, 2014 World Cup spending, and corruption. “This is the Pope’s choice, in continuity with what he is doing here,” Lombardi said, adding that he prefers to have contact with the crowd.
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