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It all started when then Pope John Paul II (now Saint John Paul) met a Ferrari delegation at the Vatican in January 2005. Present were (from right to left), Ferrari President Luca Cordero di Montezemolo, Saint John Paul, Piero Ferrari, Michael Schumacher, Luca Badoer, Jean Todt, Rubens Barrichello, and 90 other Ferrari employees. The intention was to present the Pontiff with a scale model F2004 F1 car, but the event was profoundly moving and within a few hours of its conclusion, a 400th and final Ferrari Enzo had been pledged to the benefit of Tsunami victims: the Pope's Ferrari

Automotive

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A render of the electric SUV Fisker is building for Pope Francis

Automotive

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The pedal-powered Popemobile concept from Yannick Read of the ETA

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