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September 4, 2014
Kia Motor has announced the company would donate three Kia Soul cars to the Korean bishops' Preparatory Committee for the 2014 Papal Visit. These cars were used during Pope Francis’s visit to South Korea. The pontiff declined to use a larger sedan. According to published reports, the committee said that two of the cars will be sent to the Vatican, and one will remain in Korea to be put on display.