Santiago, Chile, Sep 28, 2017 / 14:59 pm
The commission planning Pope Francis' apostolic visit to Chile has announced that the popemobiles which the Holy Father will use in the country have all been used during previous papal trips.
"We've made an agreement with the Vatican to reuse the popemobiles so as to comply with the Holy See's request to avoid a proliferation of these vehicles in the world, and also to carry the message of environmental sustainability that we want to give this visit," said Javier Peralta, executive director of the Chilean commission planning the visit.
"Although we received proposals from different businesses in Chile to make them locally, we considered, along with the Vatican, that the most appropriate thing to do is to re-utilize vehicles that already have all the technical specifications," he said.