"A breathtaking feeling": Bavarian children ride next to Pope Francis on the popemobile
Created: 08/06/2022, 17:11
By: Katarina Amtmann
The children sat next to Pope Francis on the popemobile.
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There was a special kind of ride for four children from Bavaria.
You were allowed to ride next to Pope Francis on the popemobile - quite unexpectedly.
Eichstätt/Rome - For two altar boys and girls from Bavaria, there was a very special ride: the quartet was allowed to drive with Pope Francis in his popemobile across St. Peter's Square in Rome.
Audience of Pope Francis in the Vatican: Bavarian children are allowed to ride in the popemobile
The children from the diocese of Eichstätt sat with their green peaked caps on Wednesday morning (June 8) in the open car to the left and right of the pontiff, while he drove through the rows of believers before the general audience.
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Peter's Square/Vatican: "A breathtaking feeling" - children are allowed to ride in the popemobile
"A breathtaking feeling," said altar boy Marlene Pantel, according to the diocese.
And Paula Brandl said: "It was very exciting, also because it wasn't planned.
Quite surprising.” The four children are part of an acolyte pilgrimage to Rome by the Diocese of Eichstätt, in which around 500 girls and boys take part.
(came/dpa)
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