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Pope Francis's popemobile set to become health clinic for Gaza children

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<p>One of Pope Francis&#x27;s popemobiles is being transformed into a mobile health clinic for children in the Gaza Strip, fulfilling one of his final wishes, the Vatican&#x27;s official media outlet said on Sunday. </p><p>The vehicle, used by the late pontiff during his 2014 visit to the Holy Land, is being outfitted with diagnostic and emergency medical equipment to help young patients in the Palestinian enclave, where health services have been devastated by the Israeli invasion.</p><p>Pope Francis, who died last month, entrusted the initiative to the Catholic aid organization Caritas Jerusalem in the months before his death, Vatican News said.</p><p>The mobile unit will be equipped with rapid infection tests, vaccines, diagnostic tools, and suture kits, and staffed by medical personnel. Caritas plans to deploy the clinic to communities without access to functioning healthcare facilities once humanitarian access to Gaza is feasible.</p><p>Francis had a number of popemobiles, with the one used in the 2014 visit to Israel and the Palestinian Territories staying in the region following his return to the Vatican.</p><p>A conclave to elect a new pope starts on May 7.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2025/5/5/all-133-cardinals-voting-in-conclave-are-now-in-rome-vatican-2005">Cardinals assemble to elect pope and set course for church</a><br/><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/regions/2025/5/6/prayers-pride-in-philippine-papal-contender-tagle-s-hometown-1132">Prayers, pride in Tagle&#x27;s hometown</a></div><div><em>(Production: Andrea Rodriguez, Ilze Filks)</em></div>

<p>One of Pope Francis's popemobiles is being transformed into a mobile health clinic for children in the Gaza Strip, fulfilling one of his final wishes, the Vatican's official media outlet said on Sunday. </p>

One of Pope Francis's popemobiles is being transformed into a mobile health clinic for children in the Gaza Strip, fulfilling one of his final wishes, the Vatican's official media outlet said on Sunday.

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Pope Francis's popemobile set to become health clinic for Gaza children

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