Pope Francis Selling His Harley To Raise Money For Homeless

[FSogol]

"ROME (CBSDC) — The pope is selling his hog.

The National Catholic Register reports that Pope Francis is selling his Harley-Davidson motorcycle to raise money to help the homeless in Rome.

“It is a precious gift that has once again made us happy in feeling the closeness of our bishop to the poor of the Church of Rome,” Monsignor Enrico Feroci, director of Caritas Rome, said. “We are deeply grateful to Pope Francis for this.”"

From
http://washington.cbslocal.com/2013/10/18/pope-francis-selling-his-harley-to-raise-money-for-homeless/
First heard this on Conan O'Brien, but turns out to be true.

[VanillaRhapsody]

1. The Pope has a Harley?

[FSogol]

2. Two of them!

[Blue Owl]

10. No Hogwash!

n/t

[kentauros]

12. Yeah, and there's a photo somewhere of him blessing

a whole crowd of Harley enthusiasts and their bikes.

Okay, found it and the article. Plus, there are many other images out there of him blessing Harley riders and their bikes

Pope Francis blesses Harley-Davidson bikes and riders at Sunday Mass

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

3. He'll probably get more for it than it's worth.

Someone will pay extra for the novelty of owning a popecycle.

[pscot]

4. That's gotta be a first.

[xfundy]

5. Oh, please.

Why doesn't he direct his church to sell off some of their vast art and real estate holdings to actually accomplish something?

[Kelvin Mace]

7. Agreed!

But a Pope riding a Harley is a pretty cool image.

Then I can see a whole gang of nuns riding Harleys.

Hell, there's a Tarrantino move in there somewhere.

[kentauros]

18. I would expect that there's already a Roger Corman movie along those lines!

Psychotronic film catalogs and magazines, such as Film Threat and Incredibly Strange Films would be good sources for researching that

[lumberjack_jeff]

19. Whereever there is sin...

?1370380080

[GreenPartyVoter]

15. He could, but it does mean something that he is parting with a personal item. That's

more of a personal sacrifice than selling off vague holdings that really don't impact him emotionally.

So the best answer would be to do both, one for the personal sacrifice and the other for the larger volume of funds it would raise.

[Shivering Jemmy]

22. They aren't his to do that

[CJCRANE]

6. Does the Pope Ride a Harley?

Is Harley Davidson a Catholic?

[pinboy3niner]

9. Will the Pope have to skip Sturgis next year?

[VanillaRhapsody]

11. Not if he can find a nun willing to ride topless behind him!

[JimboBillyBubbaBob]

8. Cool,

we have Pope Harley the 1st!

[Ohio Joe]

13. The media sure as shit wants everyone to love this pope...

I don't see him changing any of the catholic church policies though... They are still the same hateful group they have been forever and I'm not buying any of this 'oh what a great guy to have a beer with' bullshit that keeps getting shoveled out.

[Motown_Johnny]

14. They should sell raffle tickets worldwide

Even at a buck a ticket, you could easily make millions since so many people would want a shot at winning the Pope's bike.

The ticket itself would be a keepsake.

[AzDar]

16. I loathe organized religion...but I am seriously loving this new Popester.

[lumberjack_jeff]

17. Blessed or not, I'm sure it still leaves an oil-stain where it parks. n/t

[Fumesucker]

21. Yea verily, the Blessed Harley doth anointeth the asphaltum n/t

[Fumesucker]

20. Lends a whole new meaning to the name Hell's Angels