CATHOLIC VOICES MEDIA MONITOR: Inside the popemobile

Wednesday, 15 September 2010

Inside the popemobile

The Daily Mail offers more information than people might possibly need about the "Holy Merc" that will transport the Holy Father tomorrow.

And who's that peering in? Why none other than CV chaplain Fr Stephen Wang -- taken just hours before last night's celibacy debate.

Monitor can add one nugget which the Mail missed. The numberplate, SCV1, stands for "Stato della Citta del Vaticano" -- Vatican City State. But cynical Romans say it really stands for "Se Cristo vedesse" -- "if only Christ could see".

Welcome to the Catholic Voices Media Monitor

This blog was created by the Catholic Voices project to record media coverage on the Church and related issues in the lead-up to the 16-19 September 2010 state visit by Pope Benedict XVI to the UK, as well as the visit itself and its aftermath.

It links to the good, the bad, the accurate and the inaccurate -- monitoring the journalism surrounding the visit. It also records what the Catholic Voices speakers' team, created to put the Church's case during the papal visit, has been saying in TV and radio studios, and in articles and other media.

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For more details on the Catholic Voices project, recent TV and radio interviews, and how to book a speaker, see the Catholic Voices website, www.catholicvoices.org.uk.