Witnessing the World Through the Popemobile's Windows

The Vatican on Wednesday unveiled a new open-top popemobile, an all-electric Mercedes-Benz that Pope Francis will use when he greets ... The company's popemobiles are custom white vehicles used to carry the pope through large crowds in St. Peter's Square while behind bulletproof ... 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 ... For the visit of Pope John Paul II to Germany in 1980, Mercedes-Benz developed the first popemobile with a transparent superstructure based on ... At the very beginning of the 19th century, Pope Pius VII became the first Pope to use a carriage. Though they didn't call the vehicle a ... “Twice he drove through cheering multitudes in the high, partly open special vehicle that the Irish press has inevitably christened the ... The first "official" popemobile was a bespoke Mercedes-Benz Nurburg 460 Pullman given to Pope Pius XI by the company in 1930. The luxurious ... Vatican goes green with new battery-powered Mercedes popemobile ... Mercedes-Benz, maker of the popemobiles used since 1930, gave an electric ... The Popemobile is said to have bridged a connection to the faithful in ways never before possible, turning papal visits into accessible events for both local ... One of the papacy's most iconic symbols is the Popemobile. It's how Popes make themselves closer to people: traveling to be among their flock.