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  "id": 17128507,
  "title": "From a Black Limo With a Silken Armchair to a Bulletproof 'Sardine Can,' the Vatican Looks Back at the Evolution of the Popemobile",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/from-a-black-limo-with-a-silken-armchair-to-a-bulletproof-sardine-can",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-29T20:58:27.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Smithsonian",
    "slug": "smithsonian",
    "url": "https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/from-a-black-limo-with-a-silken-armchair-to-a-bulletproof-sardine-can-the-vatican-looks-back-at-the-evolution-of-the-popemobile-180989778/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A new exhibition at the Vatican Museums highlights a century of collaboration with Mercedes-Benz, showcasing eight papal vehicles that developed from a \"means of transportation into an instrument of encounter,\" per Pope Leo XIV",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}