Outside of clothing and residence chosen, the new Sovereign Pontiff also prefers another type of car compared to its predecessor.
Pope Leon XIV Photo: X
Pope Leon XIV chose a German car for his first private trip. He used a Black Volkswagen Passat multivan, after Pope Francis was traveling with a white fiat 500l.
The Italian press speculates that the car change is final. Pope Leon had already used the Passat on the evening of his choice, when he left for the first time the protective walls of the papal state for a first meeting with the believers.
On Saturday, after a meeting with the remaining cardinals in Rome, the Pope visited the Sanctuary Marian in Genazzano, about 50 kilometers southeast of Rome, which is cared for “his order ”aUgustinian, writes GSP.
Each car in which the Pope is located bears SCV 1 registration number (shortened for “Stato della Città del Vaticano ”The Vatican Fortress) and is specially secured.
The papal fleet has been adapted to the requirements of the European Union and now contains electric cars, including a Mercedes.
