Every papal trip, however long or short, is a bit of a rat-race. For the press, it usually involves early check-ins and, therefore, absurdly early wake-up calls, at times rising at 3am to make a 4am check-in at Rome’s Fiumicino airport, though the older a pope gets, the hours tend to become more humane. In the past, the papal flight would take off from either Rome’s Fiumicino or Ciampino airports, depending on what country/countries the Pope was visiting. Now, all papal flights leave from Terminal 5 of the Fiumicino airport.
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Diary: Life in the papal jet-set
every papal trip, however long or short, is a bit of a rat-race. for the press, it usually involves early check-ins and, therefore, absurdly...
Elise Allen
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