WARSAW: Cars used by Pope Francis in Poland during the Catholic Church’s World Youth Day festival went under the hammer on Monday to raise funds for Syrian refugees.

The Polish chapter of the Catholic charity Caritas is auctioning off the three vehicles used by the pontiff in July, with online bidding to continue until October 9.

“In accordance with the wishes of Pope Francis, the profits will go towards the purchase of a mobile clinic for treating Syrian refugees in Lebanon,” Agnieszka Hom­ an of Caritas Poland said.

The navy blue VW Golf cars with licence plates “KI POPE”, “K2 POPE” and “K3 POPE” all come with certificates detailing the routes travelled by the pontiff in each vehicle.

Published in Dawn, September 27th, 2016