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Topic: Pope Francis' astronaut flightsuit (with cape)
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Robert Pearlman
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From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 06-08-2018 03:11 PM
   
Astronauts from the International Space Station's Expedition 53 gave Pope Francis his own blue flight suit on Friday (June 8) but to distinguish him from themselves they added a white cape, reports Reuters. "Since clothes make the man, we thought we'd have a flight suit like ours made for you," Italian astronaut Paolo Nespoli told the pope at a meeting in the Vatican also attended by four other Space Station veterans — three Americans and one Russian. Nespoli said the suit was identical to theirs and made of the same material. It bore the pope's name at birth, Jorge Bergoglio, and the flag of his native country, Argentina. "Then we decided that the outfit was good, but, since you are the Holy Father and the Holy Father has his own uniform, we made a cape," the Italian astronaut added. The small white cape bore the Vatican flag, the official NASA wings logo and "Pope Francis" embroidered on it. 
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p51
Member Posts: 1642
From: Olympia, WA
Registered: Sep 2011
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posted 06-08-2018 05:04 PM
Interesting, but Vatican City (the world's smallest "country") already has its own flag. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42981
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 06-08-2018 05:18 PM
The Vatican's flag is sewn to the suit's cape, as seen in this crop from the video: |
Hart Sastrowardoyo
Member Posts: 3445
From: Toms River, NJ
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 06-08-2018 06:36 PM
Now all that's needed is for the Pope to have a personal mission patch... |
Wehaveliftoff
Member Posts: 2343
From:
Registered: Aug 2001
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posted 06-12-2018 03:52 PM
Is the Pope allowed to own any personal worldly possessions? |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42981
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 06-12-2018 05:24 PM
Gifts to the Pope become property of the Catholic Church. Per Reuters: In the past, most gifts given to popes have either been quietly given away to missions, church institutions, or have gathered dust in a Vatican warehouse. Pope Francis has adopted a different approach, at least for some of the more notable and expensive gifts he has received — auctioning them to raise money for the poor. |
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