Francis’s popemobile to become a mobile clinic for children in Gaza

Just over a decade ago, the converted Mitsubishi whisked Pope Francis through the streets of Bethlehem before it was left to gather dust. Now, in keeping with one of the late pontiff’s last wishes, the popemobile is being given a second life – as a mobile health clinic for children in the Gaza Strip. They soon arranged to have the question put to Pope Francis. View image in fullscreen Pope Francis in the popemobile in the West Bank city of Bethlehem in May 2014. “Everywhere where humanitarian access is denied, we want to apply the principle of saying that the popemobile will stand for the importance of letting humanitarian aid come through.”