Renault 4

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Renault 4
Renault 4
Carriage Pavilion

Donated to Pope Francis on 7 September 2013, this Renault 4 belonged to Don Renzo Zocca, who was for many years the parish priest in Saval, the workers’ quarter of Verona.
Having exercised his priestly ministry in the periphery, experiencing the meaning of a Church who is “poor for the poor”, Don Zocca was impressed by the words and the simple, but at the same time concrete and powerful gestures demonstrated by Pope Francis following his election.
The vehicle was given to Don Renzo in 1984 by Eraldo Polato, deputy president of the Verona football team, of which he was the chaplain. Despite its 30 horse power and 4 speed gearbox next the steering wheel, this utilitarian vehicle, a symbol of simplicity as lived in peripheral areas, had already travelled 300 thousand kilometres at the time it was donated, as Don Zocca had travelled the length and breadth of his parish to bring help, aid and comfort to those in need.