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06 May 2009 - 14:00

White Van Pope

The Pope gets given a lot of cars. A VW Phaeton W12, for one. And a customised Merc G-Class. And a Volvo XC90. And a BMW X5.

But what if he wants to transport six of his Popey friends in comfort? OK, technically they’d squeeze into the XC90, but it’d be a bit tight. Which is why Fiat has presented Benedict XVI (what is it with these Popes and their unpronounceable surnames?) with a Fiat Ducato van.

The van has arrived just in time for the Pope’s tour of Abruzzo, the region struck by an earthquake last month. It’s a plush van, for sure – the Ducato is fitted with five white leather seats in the rear in a lounge-style configuration, along with, says Fiat, ‘the most advanced systems for safety and low environmental impact’.

Of course, ownership of the Ducato does mean that the Pope has, technically, become… a white van man. Who’s up for scrawling, “If only my conscience was this clean” on the rear window?

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I can go one better than that - scrawling '666' on the doors and windows. Or 'herein lies Cereberus, the Devil's hound!'

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I'd stick with the 'I wish my conscience...' comment...best take on the dirty-windscreen I've heard in quite some time!

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So does this mean that white van men can say: "I drive one, HE drives one"? (HE being God)

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Er... http://www.little-gamers.com/2009/05/04/shorter-bus-kid/ I can just see that happening...

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I like how "environmental pollution" is one of the seven revised deadly sins, and yet the Pope has all kinds of enormous cars.

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Oh dear the holy-est (supposedly sorry RC!) has a Fiat Ducato that desevres a pie and chips from a Merc G class essentially an Army jeep overpriced and near enough useless to a fiat ducato....wonder what the seating arrangements are pipes or toilets hehe funny if that was true....pope rides toilet......hehe at least he doesn't have I wish my wife was as dirty on the bonnet..

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fiat make vans but they really are peugeot and citroen

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