Popemobile route offers papal peek

0 Comments | USA TODAY, April, 2008 | by Cathy Lynn Grossman

Pope Benedict XVI will make public appearances in a bulletproof "Popemobile" on two days during his first U.S. visit next week, the Roman Catholic archdioceses of New York and Washington, D.C., announced Tuesday.

Details of the public excursions in New York City and Washington, the only two stops on his six-day visit, took elaborate consultations with the Secret Service and local police. The Popemobile events will likely be the only opportunity for the general public to catch a glimpse of the pope, outside of scheduled ticketed events.

On April 16, after a visit to the White House, Benedict will travel about noon along Pennsylvania Avenue and Rock Creek Parkway to Massachusetts Avenue, to the Vatican Embassy where he's staying. The public will be able to see...