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Why is Francis the only world leader who doesn't fear assassination?

By Jenna Kagel President Obama travels with sheets of bulletproof glass placed in front of him when speaking to mass crowds. Here he is in Berlin in 2013: Pope Francis used to travel around in the …More
By Jenna Kagel
President Obama travels with sheets of bulletproof glass placed in front of him when speaking to mass crowds. Here he is in Berlin in 2013:
Pope Francis used to travel around in the Popemobile.
Not anymore. The pope told La Vanguardia that he will no longer be riding in the famous Popemobile since it's too confined and, besides, "at my age I do not have much to lose."
"I cannot greet the people and tell them I love them inside a sardine can, even if it is made of glass. For me it is a wall," Francis told La Vanguardia.
He realizes that there are security concerns associated with open-air travel, but said, "I know what could happen, but it is in God's hands." Instead, the pope wants to ride in open-top cars so he can be closer to people and greet them unfettered by an awkward glass box.
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Prof. Leonard Wessell
The contribution lists a list of things of modesty, etc. done by Pope Francis, things really fine in front of the whole wide world. My judgment of the man filling the role of the Pope is that Mr. Bergoglio is a narcisstic cynosure. "I am in God's hands" can be and is said just about by everyone. If Pope Francis survives his lax security, then, well people, it is God that is protecting him while he …More
The contribution lists a list of things of modesty, etc. done by Pope Francis, things really fine in front of the whole wide world. My judgment of the man filling the role of the Pope is that Mr. Bergoglio is a narcisstic cynosure. "I am in God's hands" can be and is said just about by everyone. If Pope Francis survives his lax security, then, well people, it is God that is protecting him while he tells everyone that he loves rgwb in front of the whole wide world. Francis' defying the dangers of death is but one more marvelous feature for the whole world to see. I see it all as hubris!