Witnessing Papal Blessings from the Popemobile

A Fiat 500L used by Pope Francis in New York City is going up for auction and could fetch $100000. The electric Popemobile has been readied in time for Pope Francis to travel in during the 2025 Jubilee. The Jubilee happens once every 25 years ... Pope Francis has told a Spanish newspaper that he prefers not to use a bulletproof Popemobile despite the dangers of an assassination ... The first example of the “Popemobile”, therefore, was the Toyota Land Cruiser, followed by the Fiat Campagnola, sadly associated with the attempt on Pope John ... The Vatican on Friday confirmed that Pope Francis will be ferried about in a Jeep Wrangler similar to the one used in Ecuador in July. Fiat ... Read on to find out more about the Popemobile's nuances, features, history, and evolution. The first entirely electric popemobile has been delivered to Pope Francis by Mercedes-Benz. Inspired by the principles outlined in the Encyclical, Laudato Si'. Mercedes-Benz has designed a special variation of the G-Class SUV for the Vatican which is the first all-electric popemobile. For ages, popes road on the shoulders of the faithful. But after an assassination attempt on Pope John Paul II, everything changed. The pope didn't have much use for an automobile before 1929 — he was confined to the Vatican by a dispute with the Italian government.