14/09/2013

A humble ride for His Holiness - A lesson to our extravagant religious leaders!!



A Renault fit for a Pope
 Motivated by a papal plea, a priest from northern Italy has given Pope Francis I his 1984 Renault 4L. The pontiff will drive the compact wagon, which has 300,000km (186,000 miles) on its odometer, around the Vatican, a spokesman said. Pope Francis has called on clergy to shun ostentation and live humbly, a directive that resonated with the priest, 70-year-old Renzo Zocca (second from right), who had driven the car for decades. It is not the first Renault to be presented to a pope. Benedict XVI, Pope Francis’ predecessor, took delivery of two electric Renault vans in 2012 for use within the Vatican and at his summer residence southeast of Rome, at Castel Gandolfo.

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