Friday Photo: Popemobile goes offroading
An Israeli worker drives the Popemobile during a rehearsal on May 6, 2009 of Pope Benedict XVI’s route through the Gethsemane valley at the foot of the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem, ahead of the pope’s mass later in the week at the Gardens of Gethsemane. Israel’s internal security agency was opposed to the pontiff ...
An Israeli worker drives the Popemobile during a rehearsal on May 6, 2009 of Pope Benedict XVI’s route through the Gethsemane valley at the foot of the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem, ahead of the pope’s mass later in the week at the Gardens of Gethsemane. Israel’s internal security agency was opposed to the pontiff using his popemobile while in Nazareth on a tour of the Holy Land, according to a government document that was presented to the weekly cabinet meeting on April 26. Pope Benedict XVI is to visit Jordan, Israel and the Palestinian territories between May 8 and 15.
AFP PHOTO/MENAHEM KAHANA
Joshua Keating was an associate editor at Foreign Policy. Twitter: @joshuakeating
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