Color me utterly unimpressed.

Sheesh...

To be sure it peddles a mythology.
I don't like it and I go to RC services once in awhile.
What I see is something hell and gone bent out of time.

while he is still in his pope uniform

And then the Pope, after pope-ing a wheelie, attempts to jump them with a Harley.

"Evangelium Vitae" is a roadmap of the church's teaching against abortion, euthanasia and murder. Harley's advertising for its 2013 bike collection reads "Live life on your own terms. More than 30 ways to defy the status quo."

Nice show! Hilarious stunt.

then your opinion has ceased to matter. period. you can fuck off.

I have no doubt you have rather complete and absolute faith in your belief of that. Human nature being what it is and all...

You didn't have to click on the story. Have a little respect for the other DU members who may want to read it without having to also read all the curses emanating from your keyboard.

Live and let live.........

For one, I didn't realize HD's were that common worldwide.

It's an interesting cultural tidbit, even without any supernatural overtones.

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Some of the responses here make me wonder if some think they are all US bikers. Dream on if if anyone thinks that lot were shipped over for the event. The vast majority are European and by and large Europeans are not pro life.

Interesting event. I'm not into bikes but I know loads who are and they're all a nice crowd.

Hog heaven in the Holy City: Pope blesses hundreds of bikers for Harley-Davidson's 110th birthday

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2342942/Pope-Francis-Hundreds-bikers-blessed-Harley-Davidsons-110th-birthday.html#ixzz2WSpgID7f nb picture heavy with numerous high quality pics.

and they're still making the same bikes...lol

wonder if part of the prayer was to ask god that he/she/it gets the damn thing to start so we can go back home?

just kidding...

It's a nice story. I saw people on TV being interviewed and they were psyched about the whole event. They all seemed to be having a great time and it was sporting of the Pope to bless all those bikes and their riders.

Why the need of some of you to crap on this post? Don't like the Catholic Church or the Pope? Well, move on. No one is demanding that you read this post.

the last two (all I've ever known). From what I've seen of this pope so far, it wouldn't have surprised me if he donned some shades and a bike and lead the rally.

Instead of a Hell's Angel he would be a Heaven's Angel.

Francis is a bigoted anti gay crusader who should be shunned by decent people.

But of course, the fact that this Pope is a crusading gay hater doesn't seem to matter to some folks on DU.

In the 80's most of my "nice Jewish Boy" biker buddies rode Duccati's because " a priest is at the end of the assembly line blessing each bike."OR so they believed.
My how times have changed.

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some of them felt it hedged their bets on their after lives.

None of my fellow Irish Catholic lads owned Duccatis back in the day. They mostly had Nortons and Triumph back in the day.

There is a club called bikers for jesus I think though

If you're in either of those two categories, you're still a second-class citizen and you can go fuck yourself.

Thank you.

Actually, I haven't figured out why this "news" is a worthy topic for LBN, though there does seem to be a few people who feel they must regularly report on the Pope's itinerary for the day. Seems to me there is already another forum where this would be more appropriate.