Pope Francis drives Ford Focus which is kind of not what you expect right of a
kind of not what you expect right of a
kind of not what you expect right of a how does that work well I haven’t
how does that work well I haven’t
how does that work well I haven’t actually seen him drive it I think I
actually seen him drive it I think I
actually seen him drive it I think I think he he mostly rides and and they
think he he mostly rides and and they
think he he mostly rides and and they actually have a fleet of Ford Focuses
actually have a fleet of Ford Focuses
actually have a fleet of Ford Focuses this was actually the the only occasion
this was actually the the only occasion
this was actually the the only occasion that anybody at Vatican City asked me
that anybody at Vatican City asked me
that anybody at Vatican City asked me not to take a particular picture and it
not to take a particular picture and it
not to take a particular picture and it the particular thing that they asked me
the particular thing that they asked me
the particular thing that they asked me not to photograph was him struggling to
not to photograph was him struggling to
not to photograph was him struggling to get out of the car because because
get out of the car because because
get out of the car because because because it is so small that he he grabs
because it is so small that he he grabs
because it is so small that he he grabs and has to pull himself out and and they
and has to pull himself out and and they
and has to pull himself out and and they felt that it would just appear you know
felt that it would just appear you know
felt that it would just appear you know to I undid nough fide and I was like
to I undid nough fide and I was like
to I undid nough fide and I was like well fair enough
well fair enough
well fair enough you know let me just ask the Cardinal
you know let me just ask the Cardinal
you know let me just ask the Cardinal now are you surprised that Pope Francis
now are you surprised that Pope Francis
now are you surprised that Pope Francis gets around in a Ford Focus I mean not
gets around in a Ford Focus I mean not
gets around in a Ford Focus I mean not that there’s anything wrong with it but
that there’s anything wrong with it but
that there’s anything wrong with it but are you surprised well it’s certainly a
are you surprised well it’s certainly a
are you surprised well it’s certainly a change in style okay but there’s
change in style okay but there’s
change in style okay but there’s something very very important about the
something very very important about the
something very very important about the very significant much of this Holy
very significant much of this Holy
very significant much of this Holy Fathers message he says much what he’s
Fathers message he says much what he’s
Fathers message he says much what he’s doing as what he’s saying and I think he
doing as what he’s saying and I think he
doing as what he’s saying and I think he could say over and over again we all
could say over and over again we all
could say over and over again we all could have a simpler lifestyle but when
could have a simpler lifestyle but when
could have a simpler lifestyle but when you see him in that little Ford it says
you see him in that little Ford it says
you see him in that little Ford it says it now for what it’s worth he knows how
it now for what it’s worth he knows how
it now for what it’s worth he knows how to drive he has a driver’s license but
to drive he has a driver’s license but
to drive he has a driver’s license but he prefers not to drive he prefers most
he prefers not to drive he prefers most
he prefers not to drive he prefers most of all not to be driven and when he was
of all not to be driven and when he was
of all not to be driven and when he was in Argentina he always took mass transit
in Argentina he always took mass transit
in Argentina he always took mass transit I view the bus or the subway in fact
I view the bus or the subway in fact
I view the bus or the subway in fact he’s openly lamented to to the Vatican
he’s openly lamented to to the Vatican
he’s openly lamented to to the Vatican press that that’s something he can no
press that that’s something he can no
press that that’s something he can no longer do now that he’s Pope the Pope is
longer do now that he’s Pope the Pope is
longer do now that he’s Pope the Pope is much more comfortable not just in a
much more comfortable not just in a
much more comfortable not just in a setting but actually around ordinary
setting but actually around ordinary
setting but actually around ordinary folks and conversely has always been a
folks and conversely has always been a
folks and conversely has always been a great deal uncomfortable being in
great deal uncomfortable being in
great deal uncomfortable being in affluent trappings in fact after the
affluent trappings in fact after the
affluent trappings in fact after the Conclave was over and he was and he
Conclave was over and he was and he
Conclave was over and he was and he became Pope and he gave his his address
became Pope and he gave his his address
became Pope and he gave his his address to the audience he went back their words
to the audience he went back their words
to the audience he went back their words of chauffeur-driven limousine waiting
of chauffeur-driven limousine waiting
of chauffeur-driven limousine waiting for him he walked right past it and
for him he walked right past it and
for him he walked right past it and jumped into the van that was fairing the
jumped into the van that was fairing the
jumped into the van that was fairing the rest of the
rest of the
rest of the people who had just elected him and one
people who had just elected him and one
people who had just elected him and one of the reasons for not taking the metro
of the reasons for not taking the metro
of the reasons for not taking the metro today could you imagine what the type
today could you imagine what the type
today could you imagine what the type would be like if the Pope when he
would be like if the Pope when he
would be like if the Pope when he arrived here said oh I think I’ll just
arrived here said oh I think I’ll just
arrived here said oh I think I’ll just take the Metro so so you’re not
take the Metro so so you’re not
take the Metro so so you’re not anticipating any sort of surprise
anticipating any sort of surprise
anticipating any sort of surprise request like that no he’ll probably be
request like that no he’ll probably be
request like that no he’ll probably be in a very modest popemobile oh okay
in a very modest popemobile oh okay
in a very modest popemobile oh okay but I think you’ll probably stick to
but I think you’ll probably stick to
but I think you’ll probably stick to that
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