The pontiff made his first journey on US soil in a modest family car sending out a message of humility and possibly a foretaste of his environmental messageThere were no public words from Pope Francis when the 78-year-dilapidated landed on American soil for the first time. But his car,a modest black Fiat 500L, said it all.
His choice to stick to an understated classic in a country where big cars rule the road and in a city that favours idling Suburban SUVs seemed to be giving Francis’s first meaningful message to his American hosts: that he is a humble man, and one who tries to avoid the trappings of his elected office as Bishop of Rome. [br]Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com