Priest gives used car to pope, who wants to drive
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Pope Francis now has his own mini popemobile after getting a good deal on a used car that he plans to drive himself.
Vatican spokesman, the Rev. Ciro Benedettini, says Francis accepted the 1984 Renault 4, donated for free by a priest in northern Italy who used it to visit poor parishioners. The four-door car, in papal white, is manual shift and has a new engine. Benedettini told The AP on Wednesday: "The pope intends to drive it."
The donor, the 69-year-old Rev. Renzo Zocca, says he took Francis for a short drive in the car at the Vatica non Saturday and that Francis told him he knows how to drive it.
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Zocca said he thinks Francis will use it for short commutes on Vatican grounds.