Popemobile

I think he was seven days out from his surgery.

He was back in the square in the Popemobile, waving, blessing babies, spending time.

It's quite extraordinary to see.

Apparently, the surgery he had was a minimally invasive one, so there wasn't as big of a operation to go in and remove the lobe, but it's still a major surgery to remove someone, to remove a part of a lung.

Teaching, defending, and living out the fundamental truths of marriage and family are the real concern, and initial success never guarantees smooth sailing in the future.

On May 13, 1981, the Feast of Our Lady of Fatimou, John Paul II climbed into the Popemobile to make his way to the dais in St. Peter's Square for his weekly general audience.

He was particularly excited because he was about to announce the founding of a new institute dedicated to the study of marriage and family.

That excitement was cut short by four bullets fired at point-blank range by Mehmet Ali Akca, one of which nearly killed the pontiff.

I think that'd be funny.

Do you want to be the Popemobile?

That's rough.

I don't know how you would dress up as that.

But you could be the Popemobile and then be like Mount Carmore, Mount Rushmore, whatever.

Probably Fillmore.

Royce Moore.

I think that for Popemobile, you could do that as like...

I'm Linda Bordone.

And finally, the Vatican Museum has inaugurated an exhibition entitled A Century of the Popemobile.

On 28 October, that is yesterday, Wednesday, the exhibition marks nearly a century of collaboration between Mercedes-Benz and the Holy See.

The exhibition traces the development of papal vehicles from formal limousines to modern popemobiles designed to allow the Pope to greet and bless the faithful during public appearances.

Speaking at the opening conference on Wednesday, Sandro Barbagallo, the curator of the Vatican Museum's historical collections, explained that the Popemobile serves a pastoral purpose, allowing the Pope to greet and bless the faithful among the streets and draw closer to them.

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It's one of the hallmarks of the modern papacy, and in fact, no other world leader has one.

EWTN News' Zofia Chubek takes us to the new exhibit at the Vatican Museums that celebrates the iconic Popemobile.

A new exhibition in the Vatican Museums celebrates a century of Popemobiles.

For nearly 100 years, Mercedes-Benz has been the longest-running supplier of Popemobiles.

It's just simply the most beautiful day of my career because I am Catholic and I believe.

And for me, it is something which is a project of a lifetime.

It has an armchair sitting inside it for comfort, which is upholstered in silk brocade.

But through this exhibition, you can definitely trace sort of how the Popemobiles have developed over time to allow for better interaction with the public, for doing things like blessing babies, interacting with people.

One of the curators of this exhibition said, It's clear how all the cars were then made precisely to allow the Pope to be seen, but to be seen and to see in total safety, and I would even say comfort, this curator said.

And some of them definitely look quite comfy.

And probably not have a nut allergy either.

If neither of those interest you, how about the Popemobile? The Vatican is actually opening an exhibition commemorating a century of the Popemobile.

It features eight different versions of the cars that the Pope has used since 1930.

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