Saturday, July 25, 2009

Ciao Italia Benvenute !

Nun, 56, stopped for doing 110mh in mercy dash to see Pope
Jul 21 2009 By Keith McLeod

A MIDDLE-AGED nun was stopped for speeding at 110mph on a mercy dash to the injured Pope.

Ton-up Sister Tavoletta, 56, said she and her fellow nuns were "truly anxious" when they learned the pontiff had broken his wrist.

So she piled into her Ford Fiesta with two other sisters, aged 65 and 78, to head for his holiday retreat in northern Italy.

But cops pulled her up near Turin after clocking her speed 30mph over the limit, suspended her license and fined her 375 euros ( £323).

Her 65-year-old colleague had to take over at the wheel for the final leg of the journey to Les Combes, the papal mountain retreat near Val d''Aosta.

Sister Tavoletta said later: "The police were shocked to find three nuns of a certain age in the Fiesta.

"I know you shouldn't go so fast but the news of his Holiness's injury had made us truly anxious."

A police spokesman said: "The officers involved were amazed to see three nuns in the Fiesta - it had been clocked at 110 mph."

The sisters were stopped on Friday, hours after the 82-year-old Pope's fall.

He had surgery and was well enough to give a blessing to pilgrims on Sunday, with the cast on his right hand clearly visible.

The police spokesman added: "Hopefully, Sister Tavoletta will be making sure she confesses her bad driving. In the meantime, she will have to pay the 375 euros fine."

But the sister has already taken on lawyer Anna Orecchioni, famous for her success in defending members of the religious community.

The lawyer said: "I will be taking this before a judge to get the penalty removed and license reinstated.

"We think we can invoke the 'state of necessity' that allows speeding."

With Angels of Mercy like these, Pope Benedict XVI is well attended.

Steve

1 comment:

  1. Under Obamacare the pontiff, instead of a cast, would have been given a lecture on end-of-life care, a bed in a hospice, and 100cc of morphene. As he drifted off, the nurse would say something along the lines: "OK, old boy, prepare to meet your maker, you're history."

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