ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION)<br /> <br />A priest was given a special treat at the Vatican on Wednesday (January 8), when Pope Francis invited him to jump onto the back of the popemobile for a ride around St. Peter's square.<br /> <br />The incident happened as the pontiff was being driven through the crowds who had gathered for his weekly general audience.<br /> <br />A priest of seemingly South American nationality was allowed to walk through the barricades and approach the pope.<br /> <br />Pope Francis, know for his 'human touch', appeared unbothered by the break in protocol and gesticulated to the priest to join him in the popemobile for a ride around the square.<br /> <br />After his election last March, Francis immediately set about changing the Vatican's image with his simple style.<br /> <br />Showing little regard for tradition, he renounced the spacious papal suite for a modest apartment in a Vatican guest house, and is driven around in a simple Ford Focus instead of a bulletproof Mercedes limousine.
