Pope gifted second-hand ‘popemobile’ alternative
POPE Francis now has his own mini popemobile after getting a good deal on a used car that he plans to drive himself.
Vatican spokesman, Father Ciro Benedettini, said last night that Francis accepted the 1984 Renault 4, donated for free by a priest in northern Italy who used it to visit poor parishioners.
The four-door car, in papal white, is manual shift and has a new engine.
Fr Benedettini said: “The Pope intends to drive it.”
The donor, 79-year-old Father Renzo Zocca, says he took Francis for a short drive in the car at the Vatican on Saturday and that Francis told him he knows how to drive it.