Pope Francis visit to the Philippines a 'security nightmare'

By Lindsay Murdoch
Updated January 15 2015 - 8:08pm, first published 7:55pm

Bangkok: Pope Francis has shrugged off security concerns for his visit to the Asian bastion of the Catholic faith, ditching his bulletproof "Pope mobile" for a white open-sided jeepney, the most common form of transport in the Philippines.

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