Yes, it’s old news but as I saw this old news article again, it brings to mind the power and the wealth of the Jesuits who advance humility and poverty. How many priests aspire to this sort of lifestyle which affords this argentian priest the reward of a Lamborghini? Shall we say, that the Pope must know what it is like to mix with the elite wealthy class?
In 2019 ‘on Feb. 19, the Society of Jesus sent out to its members a letter detailing four “universal apostolic preferences,” approved by Pope Francis, that are to guide the life and work of the Jesuits over the next 10 years. They center around Ignatian spirituality, poverty, youth and the environment.
The second preference, walking with the poor, provides an opportunity for the Jesuits to change their way of life and make their mission more credible.
St. Ignatius explains the 30-day retreat he calls Spiritual Exercises as a “way of preparing and disposing the soul to rid itself of all inordinate attachments, and, after their removal, of seeking and finding the will of God in the disposition of our life for the salvation of our soul.” Anything that can help people find the will of God is of universal and permanent value for all believers.
The apostolic preference of “walk[ing] with the poor, the outcasts of the world, those whose dignity has been violated, in a mission of reconciliation and justice” follows from two key meditations in the Spiritual Exercises. But the meaning of that preference could be missed. It is not about directly working for the poor, although it certainly includes that. Essentially, it is living like the poor.’
It’s expected to go for almost half a mil.
By Sarah Rense
L’Osservatore Romano//AP
It seems the Pope realized that owning a custom-made white Lamborghini that goes 198 miles per hour on a 573 horsepower, V-1o engine is a waste of a good car if you drive it within the Vatican’s walls. So he’s auctioning it off in May for a lot of money.
Lamborghini gifted a Huracán RWD Coupé to the Pope last year, and made sure it matched His Holiness in appearance and class. It has a white paint job contrasted by stripes and detailing in the Vatican City flag colors, and is trimmed in white leather and signed by the Pope (!) on the hood. And because popes don’t get a lot of chances to hit the open road, it’s in “virtually as-new condition” after being in storage since late 2017.
Sotheby’s is hosting the auction on May 12; the auction house expects the Lamborghini to go for as much as $303,000 to $425,000. Seventy percent of the proceeds will go to Nineveh, a city in Iraq under siege by ISIS. The rest will be evenly divided between “Amici per il Centrafrica Onlus,” Groupe International Chirurgiens Amis de la Main, and the Pope John XXIII Community Association.
Will Pope Francis miss his Lambo? Not likely—the Popemobile lets him greet his flock better than any sportscar. Besides, the guy has an ultra rare, ultra good bottle of bourbon stashed somewhere in the Vatican, thanks to Father Jim Sichko of Kentucky. Who needs wheels when you’ve got whiskey to enjoy?