Pope blesses hundreds of Harley-Davidsons

J

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The pontiff is one cool dude.

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VATICAN CITY — Biker culture came to the Vatican on Sunday as Pope
Francis blessed thousands of Harley-Davidsons and their riders
celebrating the manufacturer's 110th anniversary with a loud parade
and plenty of leather.

Thundering Harley engines nearly drowned out the Latin recitation of
the "Our Father" prayer that accompanied Francis as he greeted the
crowd before Mass. Standing in his open-top jeep, Francis drove up the
main boulevard leading to St. Peter's Square, blessing the thousands
of people in what was a giant Harley parking lot.

Some estimates say a half-million Harley owners from around the world
descended on Rome for the four-day anniversary of the American
manufacturer. The main events were Saturday's parade past the
Colosseum and other historic landmarks and Sunday's Vatican blessing.

J Young
jdyo...@ymail.com

Honesty. Decency. Integrity

Mitchell Holman

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Jun 16, 2013, 2:08:06 PM6/16/13

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Never mind the Oklahoma tornado victims or
the Bangledesh building collapse victims - when
it comes to papal blessing nothing is more important
than.....American motorcycles...............

Dakota

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Jun 16, 2013, 3:08:33 PM6/16/13

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The Catholic Church likes people who can afford $20,000 toys.

You don't see the Pope inviting crowds of the chronically ill and
indigent to drop by his palace.

Sir Gregory Hall, Esq·

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Jun 16, 2013, 3:42:32 PM6/16/13

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"J" <jdyo...@ymail.com> wrote in message
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> The pontiff is one cool dude.

The Pontiff knows it takes an act of God to keep a Harley-Davidson running!

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•RLMeasures

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In article <XnsA1E18464F9D00...@216.196.121.131>, Mitchell

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In article <6lhr7c....@news.alt.net>, " Sir Gregory Hall, Esq·"

• quite busy.

Jeanne Douglas

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Jun 16, 2013, 7:42:10 PM6/16/13

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In article <urtrr85c17pmlv9c3...@4ax.com>,

Okay. I'll admit that this is really cute.

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JD

"Osama Bin Laden is dead and GM is alive."--VP Joseph Biden

kni...@baawa.com

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Jun 16, 2013, 11:08:10 PM6/16/13

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On Sun, 16 Jun 2013 10:38:46 -0700, J <jdyo...@ymail.com> wrote:

>The pontiff is one cool dude.

The HOLY SEE blessing inanimate objects.

Could your church be more irrelevant?

Warlord Steve
BAAWA

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Jun 17, 2013, 10:44:35 AM6/17/13

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In article <v8vsr8dg2hvco375i...@4ax.com>, kni...@baawa.com wrote:

> On Sun, 16 Jun 2013 10:38:46 -0700, J <jdyo...@ymail.com> wrote:
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> The HOLY SEE blessing inanimate objects.
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> Could your church be more irrelevant?
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• Possibly but give me a day to come up with something.

PATRICK

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Jun 17, 2013, 1:45:24 PM6/17/13

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Mitchell Holman <nomailverizon.net> wrote:

>> VATICAN CITY — Biker culture came to the Vatican on Sunday as Pope
>> Francis blessed thousands of Harley-Davidsons and their riders
>> celebrating the manufacturer's 110th anniversary with a loud parade
>> and plenty of leather.
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> Never mind the Oklahoma tornado victims or
>the Bangledesh building collapse victims - when
>it comes to papal blessing nothing is more important
>than.....American motorcycles...............

I'll betcha there was a yamaha in there someplace.

PATRICK

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Jun 17, 2013, 1:46:54 PM6/17/13

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Nah, Jesus was more into sandals than leather boots.

•RLMeasures

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Jun 17, 2013, 4:18:23 PM6/17/13

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In article <priur8hdotnrgf82t...@4ax.com>, PATRICK

• riding with sandals is kosher.

Ben Kaufman

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Jun 18, 2013, 8:00:25 AM6/18/13

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On Sun, 16 Jun 2013 15:26:18 -0700, r...@somis.org (�RLMeasures) wrote:

>� New Harleys are better. The 30,000-mile Harley engine is history.

Perhaps the Pope sees this as the miracle (that cannot be explained) Christians
have been searching for. :-)

Ben

Ben Kaufman

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Jun 18, 2013, 8:02:26 AM6/18/13

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Probably why he chose to ride into town on an ass rather than a HOG. :-)

Ben Kaufman

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Jun 18, 2013, 8:03:09 AM6/18/13

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an Uber-squid, eh?

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On Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:28:33 -0700, r...@somis.org (�RLMeasures) wrote:

>In article <8vi0s8poulak3cdsk...@4ax.com>, Ben Kaufman
><spaXm-mXe-anXd-p...@pobox.com> wrote:
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>> On Sun, 16 Jun 2013 16:02:47 -0400, " Sir Gregory Hall, Esq�"
>> <greghall@home.f�ke> wrote:
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>> >"�RLMeasures" <r...@somis.org> wrote in message
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>> >> � If Jesus and the 12 disciples were to appear today it would no doubt be
>> >> on full-dress, chromed-eyerything possible Harleys.
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>> >Jesus would be kept very busy performing miracles just to keep them all
>> >running.
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>> Probably why he chose to ride into town on an ass rather than a HOG. :-)
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>� Riding a Harley on paving stones is hard on the posterior.

If he did ride in on a HOG, never having ever seen something from the future
like that, perhaps the writers picked the closest resembling animal. The clue
here is from an omitted verse in the bible, from when Jesus passes a group on
the road and one person says to the other, "did Jesus say potato?" :-)

•RLMeasures

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Jun 18, 2013, 11:27:42 PM6/18/13

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In article <p4a1s810toqmcj3jk...@4ax.com>, Ben Kaufman

• chortle.