Pope Francis blesses an electric racing car at the Vatican (AFP Photo/Osservatore Romano)
Pope Francis has blessed thousands of
Harley Davidsons and even a
Lamborghini Huracan but on Wednesday, the Pope blessed an environmentally-friendly race car. Photos released by Vatican Media, the Vatican press office, show Pope Francis blessing a snazzy-looking electric racing car at the Vatican.
The race car is part of the
Formula E Championship - billed as the world's first fully-electric international single-seater street racing series. The first-ever E-Prix will take place on the streets of Rome on April 14.
According to
Vatican News, Pope Francis greeted a delegation of the Formula E World Championship and blessed one of its fully-electric racing cars in the courtyard in front of his residence on Wednesday morning.
Pope Francis poses with managers, drivers of the "Formula E" Championship (AFP Photo/Osservatore Romano)
A team of managers, mechanics and pilots representing the Formula E Championship met with Pope Francis and posed for photos in front of an electric racing car.
Twitterati loved the image of the Pope blessing a race car:
Described as "racing reinvented," the organisers of Formula E Championship say the racing series "provides a competitive platform for car manufacturers to test and develop electric vehicles and improve the "zero carbon emissions" driving experience for everyday road car users all over the world."Click for more
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