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Old 15-11-2013, 10:58 AM   #1
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Pope shuns pomp for Ford Focus


POPE Francis has declined a presidential guard escort in favour of a simple Ford Focus, despite concerns his reforms could make him a mafia target.

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Old 15-11-2013, 11:22 AM   #2
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Not into religion at all but this bloke seems to be a different type all together.
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Old 15-11-2013, 11:53 AM   #3
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Not into religion at all but this bloke seems to be a different type all together.
Rumour has it he will appoint the first female Cardinal...
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Old 15-11-2013, 02:58 PM   #4
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Rumour has it he will appoint the first female Cardinal...
Next thing on his agenda should be to get rid of those silly hats.
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Old 15-11-2013, 03:21 PM   #5
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Ford should use this in their next Focus marketing campaign.
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Maybe he should have taken a Fiat Bambino?

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Old 15-11-2013, 05:50 PM   #7
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Rumour has it he will appoint the first female Cardinal...
Considering that they don't have any women priests yet that would be a stretch.
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And just for the hell of it a little bit of contrast from His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum of Dubai.......

http://www.youtube.com/embed/ANL6bBTBTdA

Points for the Pope....
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Old 15-11-2013, 07:11 PM   #9
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Maybe he should have taken a Fiat Bambino?

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Shouldnt the bambino be for the ex Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi its romoured thats what he enjoys after all.
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He's smart not to want security. 40% of all Americans pray for his safety anyway. He's just saving tax dollars.

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And it wasnt even a current model Focus.
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For the sake of the Pope

It is that I Hope

That this here Ford

Is blessed by the lord

That It won't blow a motor

And put his soul in a Toyota.
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Even the pope knows the Focus is a superior drive to something mediocre like a Hyundai or a Toyota lol.
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