Between 17 and 21 February 1981 Pope John Paul II made his first official visit to the Philippines. Born in Poland in 1920 Karol Józef Wojtyła was the first non-Italian pope since 1523 and became the most-travelled pope up to then, making a total of 104 foreign trips including two to the Philippines.
This photograph shows the Pope travelling among the crowds in a customised Filipino jeepney, one of the many variations of the "Popemobile", the term used to describe an open-top vehicle to drive the pontificate through crowds, and which would be made famous by John Paul II.
source: Jeepney Popemobiles
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