Yes, it's really called the Popemobile.

In Pop Culture by Heidi Nyburg on Wednesday, June 6, 2007

No really, it is.

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The AP reports:

Man tries to jump into popemobile
The pope was not hurt and didn’t even appear to notice that the man — who was between 20 or 30 years old — had jumped over the protective barrier in the square and had grabbed onto the white popemobile as it drove by. The pontiff kept waving to the crowd and didn’t even look back.At least eight security officers who were trailing the vehicle as it moved slowly through the square grabbed the man and wrestled him to the ground.The man was a 27-year-old German who showed signs of “mental imbalance,” said the Rev. Federico Lombardi, the
spokesman. “His aim was not an attempt on the pope’s life but to attract attention to himself,” Lombardi told reporters. The man, whom Lombardi declined to identify, was interrogated by Vatican police and then taken to a hospital for psychiatric treatment, he said.

And there you have it, the Popemobile. Wonder if there’s a Popelight.

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