March 29, 2008
New Yorkers Get to See Popemobile During Papal Visit
Interested observers who want to see Pope Benedict during his April visit to New York, but couldn't score tickets to his appearance at Yankee Stadium, will be able to glimpse the head of the Roman Catholic church's hierarchy as he cruises the city in the Popemobile. Pope Benedict will be taking the bullet proof bubble car from St. Patrick's Cathedral to a residence where he's staying on the Upper East Side April 19th. He'll also be taking the specially outfitted vehicle to the Bronx, where he'll lap the field at Yankee Stadium before he performs mass for ticket holders.
The Popemobile is actually several different vehicles of varying makes and models, usually depending on which country the Pope is visiting, (it's usually a domestic model from the host country). They're all generally recognized by a standing room cabin in the rear where the Pope is protected by bullet proof glass on all four sides. It became widely used after the attempted 1981 assassination of Pope John Paul II at the direction of the U.S.S.R.'s KGB via the Bulgarian secret police.
Pope Benedict will be in NYC for three days, after he spends some time in Washington, DC. In addition to the mass at Yankee Stadium, Benedict will visit Ground Zero, St. Joseph's church on the Upper East Side, and address the United Nations.
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I wish we had an Italian pope.
If I had a car, I'd totally Pope My Ride.
'The PopeMobile also comes factory equiped with externally mounted SoundDesign bass cubes,and several rack spaces worth of amplifiers programmed to blast a continuous loop of "Let's get it started in here" as transports the pontiff from church to church.'
Hang on...
"It became widely used after the attempted 1981 assassination of Pope John Paul II at the direction of the U.S.S.R.'s KGB via the Bulgarian secret police."
You present this as fact, but contrary to that, only one nation accepts this theory and that is Italy. It has been disputed by both Bulgaria and Russia, the accused nations and also has been widely regarded as shakey by most other European countries. You should not be presenting this to your readers as a fact as it is not universally accepted.
What next? Concluding that there were two gunmen, one on the grassy null?