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Pope Benedict XVI Receives Custom Volvo XC90 (Papa Gets a SUV)
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| 6/28/2006
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Posted on 06/29/2006 9:22:05 AM PDT by Pyro7480
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posted on
06/29/2006 9:22:08 AM PDT
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Pyro7480
To: Miss Behave; NYer; american colleen; Prince Charles; ELS; ColoCdn; onyx; Rightfootforward; ...
Viva il Papa! ping!
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posted on
06/29/2006 9:22:47 AM PDT
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Pyro7480
("If you wish to go to extremes, let it be in... patience, humility, & charity." -St. Philip Neri)
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posted on
06/29/2006 9:24:10 AM PDT
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Pyro7480
("If you wish to go to extremes, let it be in... patience, humility, & charity." -St. Philip Neri)
To: Pyro7480; kstewskis; STARWISE; Miss Marple
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posted on
06/29/2006 9:24:11 AM PDT
by
onyx
(Deport the trolls --- send them back to DU)
To: Pyro7480
It's a beauty! Doesn't he also have a German car?
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posted on
06/29/2006 9:30:23 AM PDT
by
NYer
(Discover the beauty of the Eastern Catholic Churches - freepmail me for more information.)
To: Pyro7480
I like Jeff Miller's (aka The Curt Jester's captions.
Captions by The Curt Jester:
Edmund Casimir Cardinal Szoka points out the cool fold-down side altar in the new Volvo XC90 SUV (Sacramental Utility Vehicle) given to the Holy Father
The Pope was also impressed by the specially mounted holy water font that won't spill when moving.
Source: B16 gets a V8
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posted on
06/29/2006 9:30:33 AM PDT
by
Carolina
To: Pyro7480
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posted on
06/29/2006 9:33:05 AM PDT
by
tiredoflaundry
(The right wants victory, the left wants surrender. It's that simple.)
To: Pyro7480
Judging from the tires, it does not look like a heavily armored vehicle, which is not right. But maybe they'll refit it.
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posted on
06/29/2006 9:35:12 AM PDT
by
GSlob
To: Pyro7480
How long before the global-warming, SUVs-are-evil crowd starts criticizing the Pope?
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posted on
06/29/2006 9:37:33 AM PDT
by
Carolina
To: GSlob
Nice vehicle. I wonder if he will ever drive it himself.
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posted on
06/29/2006 9:40:42 AM PDT
by
TNCMAXQ
To: Pyro7480
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posted on
06/29/2006 9:45:42 AM PDT
by
Alex Murphy
(Colossians 4:6)
To: TNCMAXQ
"I wonder if he will ever drive it himself."
Driving a vehicle is beneath the papal dignity. They used to be carried around in the papal ceremonial chair under a canopy, and nowadays they are chauffeured everywhere.
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posted on
06/29/2006 9:47:12 AM PDT
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GSlob
To: TNCMAXQ; GSlob
The Pope doesn't drive. He walked to work during the years of being the Prefect for the CDF.
I'm not sure if you were being tongue-in-cheek, but here's the sedia gestatoria:
No longer in use for the Servant of the servants of God.
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posted on
06/29/2006 9:52:03 AM PDT
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Carolina
To: GSlob
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posted on
06/29/2006 9:55:11 AM PDT
by
rahbert
To: Pyro7480
His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI has received the keys of the Volvo XC90. Not the first Pope to receive the keys to something very nice :)
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posted on
06/29/2006 10:10:37 AM PDT
by
Theoden
(Interdum feror cupidine partium magnarum europe vincendarum)
To: Pyro7480; Carolina
Volvo managed to match the interior leather color to the color of Benedict's cassock. Nice touch.
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posted on
06/29/2006 10:14:12 AM PDT
by
ELS
(Vivat Benedictus XVI!)
To: Pyro7480
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posted on
06/29/2006 10:26:07 AM PDT
by
netmilsmom
(To attack one section of Christianity in this day and age, is to waste time.)
To: Carolina
I know obviously for security reasons he cannot drive around Rome any time he wants to. But I thought I had read Pope John Paul would sometimes drive during vacations to rural parts of Poland. I wondered if Benedict also would get a chance to get behind the wheel himself during vacations or retreats. If he is not a licensed driver then obviously he would not.
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posted on
06/29/2006 10:26:34 AM PDT
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TNCMAXQ
To: Carolina
The FANS are a nice touch.
Your copy of the photo is flipped - here's the right way round, with Pius XII blessing with his RIGHT hand . . . Note also the officer at the right front of the picture - swords are always worn on the left side.
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posted on
06/29/2006 10:27:27 AM PDT
by
AnAmericanMother
((Ministrix of Ye Chase, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment)))
To: Pyro7480
nice gift from Volvo, but I'm hoping Ferrari can top that.
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