The Popemobile A Protected Journey for the Spiritual Leader

The Popemobile is, quite literally: a pope-carrying vehicle. Before the Popemobile, there was the sedia gestatoria, which was a chair carried on the shoulders ... Pope Francis waves from the back of a modified Toyota popemobile. Take a look at how the Pope's wheels have evolved over the years. The Popemobile is a motorized vehicle used to transport the pope, the leader of the Roman Catholic Church, when he greets the public. The term has been used ... The first "official" popemobile was a bespoke Mercedes-Benz Nurburg 460 Pullman given to Pope Pius XI by the company in 1930. The luxurious ... Mercedes-Benz has delivered the first all-electric popemobile to the Vatican: a modified version of the German automaker's G-Class SUV. In the beginning, there was nothing. Kinda hard to have a Popemobile without cars, right? So what did the Pope's underlings do? They carried him ... The Pope's motorcade usually travels at ceremonial, parade-like speeds, it's capable of reaching 100 miles per hour (160.9 kilometers per hour). Mercedes officials called the new vehicle the first all-electric popemobile, but Francis has also used electric cars on some of his foreign ... The latest so-called "popemobile" to be added to the Vatican's fleet of vehicles reportedly is a Hyundai, marking a shift from the higher-priced Mercedes Benz ... Pope Francis arrives in the US today and plans to use a modified Jeep Wrangler as his popemobile during the trip. Now, the Washington Post ...