WYD: our reporter in Rio tells all...

Vatican Radio ) On Monday 22^nd of July Pope Francis will touch down in the second largest city of Brazil, Rio de Janeiro.
This journey, the first abroad of his pontificate also marks his first World Youth Day ever and takes him to the nation which has the largest Catholic community in Latin America. Originally planned for his predecessor to the See of Peter, Benedict XVI now Pope Emeritus, most of the scheduled events will go ahead as originally planned.
But Pope Francis has already added his own personal touches to the journey, from inflight arrangements with the press corps, to the use of an open air jeep to travel through the crowds of young people, to his visit to the Marian Shrine of Aparecida.
Travelling with the Pope throughout this journey, which ends on July 28th, is the head of the English Programme here at Vatican Radio, Sean Patrick Lovett.
Veronica Scarisbrick sat down with himin our studios here before his departure….