Francis abandons his popemobile for old Fiat

Pope Francis abandoned his bullet-proof popemobile and instead used a borrowed open-topped Fiat in his first pastoral trip outside of Rome.

Francis was on a no-frills trip to the Italian Mediterranean island of Lampedusa, taking a small entourage and borrowing a more than 20-year-old Fiat Campagnola to get to a Mass in a sports field.

“The Pope said he wanted nothing wasted on this trip,” said a spokesman for the local mayor.