According to the Vatican, when Pope Francis arrives in the United States for his first visit to American soil as Pope, he will be using a Jeep Wrangler to get around. The Vatican did not provide more specific information on when Pope Francis will use the vehicle during his trip to Washington, D.C., New York and Philadelphia next month.
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The vehicles, the Vatican said, have “already been given to the Secret Service” for safekeeping before the Pope’s arrival.
The exact configuration of the U.S. Popemobile has not been announced, but the version used in South America had a glass front and roof but was open on the sides.
“It’s true that anything could happen”, the 78-year-old Francis added, “but let’s face it, at my age, I don’t have much to lose”. A professional carpenter, Cahoon also constructed the altar and other furnishings for the Mass at Nationals Park with Pope Benedict XVI in 2008.
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The Jeep Wrangler is one iconic auto and it has reasons to be as well which is probably why even the Pope chooses the Jeep Wrangler as the base model for his Popemobile.
