The car ia a Renault 4 and has already logged over 190,000 miles. What will happen to the Holy one if the car breaks down on the highway in the middle of rush hour traffic, and a tow truck is no where to be found?
The sweet wheels have already logged 190,000 miles on the road. It’s a second hand gift from a northern Italian priest who used the car to visit his poor parishioners, Famiglia Cristiana reports.
The 70-year-old priest, Rev. Renzo Zocco from Verona, sent Pope Francis some fan mail earlier this year, pledging his support and offering up his car. In true Francis fashion, the leader of the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics called Zocco’s cell phone in August for a quick chat.
At first, Francis was reluctant to accept the gift, thinking that it should be given to the poor. But Zocco reassured him that the car would serve as a testimony to the work that the priest had done in the working-class neighborhoods of Verona. Plus, he already had a replacement.
Zocco and about 100 of his parishioners from the church of Santa Lucia di Pescantina piled into a bus and headed for Rome. The pilgrims rolled up to the Vatican on Saturday with the 25-year-old car on a tow truck.
The white car had been fitted with a new 800 cc. 30-horse power engine. It uses a French stick shift that folds out from the dashboard and deck-chair-style seats, ABC reports.
