RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Pope Francis lands Monday in a Brazil electric with anticipation for the pontiff’s first international trip, heading into the open arms of his home continent where mammoth crowds are expected to celebrate Mass on Rio’s Copacabana beach.The pope is coming to meet with legions of young Roman Catholics converging on Rio for the church’s World Youth Day festival, believers whose behavior so far hasn’t been typical of the normal tourists in this seaside Sin City known for hedonistic excess.
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