The Pope Ditching The Bulletproof Popemobile And Saying "I Don't Have Much To Lose" Is A Straight Up Boss Move
(CNN) — Pope Francis has told a Spanish newspaper that he prefers not to use a bulletproof Popemobile despite the dangers of an assassination attempt because it is a glass “sardine can” that walls him off from people. “It’s true that anything could happen, but let’s face it, at my age I don’t have much to lose,” he told Barcelona newspaper La Vanguardia in an interview published Friday and reported on in English by Vatican Radio. “I know that something could happen to me, but it’s in the hands of God.” Since an assassination attempt on then-Pope John Paul II in 1981, the head of the Roman Catholic Church has customarily used the custom-made glass-sided Popemobile when in public.
BOSS move. All religious bull shit aside, it takes a giant set of Catholic balls to be in that type of super powerful and influential position where assassination attempts have been made in the past to the point where they made a special car to stop it from happening, shrug your shoulders and say “I have nothing to lose”. Almost like he’s daring somebody to try and take a shot at him. If the Pope could have sex he’d have more than enough suitors right now because women love bad boys who live on the edge. Is that the Pope talking or a mafia boss from the 1920’s? Hard to tell from some of those quotes. Bravado and showmanship like a young John Gotti. If he’s doing it to make people like him more, it’s working. I’m not even religious and I have no choice but to respect a move like this. And from what I can tell Pope Francis is really well liked so maybe the risk isn’t that high but all it takes is one nut job to get mad about something the Catholic church has done (Oh I don’t know, like employees of the Pope touching little boys) and instead of peacefully protesting or writing an angry letter/e-mail, take it to the next level. The Pope knows all of this and he still traded in his bubble car for a bad ass convertible Mercedes Benz to roll around in.
Play the Pope’s music!