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• Gunman shoots man during Catholic Mass in Utah
• Venezuela's cardinal: Pope should urge coexistence
• Pope blesses leather-clad Harley bikers
• Hard-line Egypt cleric sentenced for burning Bible
• The Pope Is a Motor Cycle Guy, Apparently
• Bible-burning Egyptian cleric jailed for 11 years
• Biker culture comes to Vatican as Pope Francis blesses hundreds of Harley-Davidsons
• Pope blesses hundreds of Harley-Davidsons

Gunman shoots man during Catholic Mass in Utah Posted: 16 Jun 2013 02:59 PM PDT OGDEN, Utah (AP) — Police have arrested a man accused of walking into a Catholic church and shooting a man in the back of the head during Mass on Sunday in Ogden.

Venezuela's cardinal: Pope should urge coexistence Posted: 16 Jun 2013 02:46 PM PDT CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Pope Francis should pressure Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to focus on promoting democracy and peaceful coexistence to ease tensions with the socialist government's opponents, the Catholic Church's top representative in the country said Sunday.

Pope blesses leather-clad Harley bikers Posted: 16 Jun 2013 02:02 PM PDT By Steve Scherer ROME (Reuters) - Hundreds of bikers took a break from hell-raising on Sunday to be blessed by Pope Francis. Wearing black boots, jackets and vests, the tattooed Harley-Davidson riders stuck out among the nuns, priests, school children and shorts-wearing tourists at an open-air Mass in St. Peter's square. As part of a three-day celebration of the 110-year anniversary of the U.S. company that produces the "hog", riders parked their bikes along the broad avenue that leads up to the Vatican, and engines were still rumbling when the Mass started. ...

Hard-line Egypt cleric sentenced for burning Bible Posted: 16 Jun 2013 10:31 AM PDT CAIRO (AP) — A hard-line Muslim cleric received an 11-year suspended sentence Sunday for tearing up and burning a Bible, Egypt's official news agency said.

The Pope Is a Motor Cycle Guy, Apparently Posted: 16 Jun 2013 10:29 AM PDT Sometimes being the Pope takes you to strange places and requires you to bless strange things. Like Sunday, for instance, when Pope Francis blessed thousands of Harley Davidson motorcycles and their riders visiting the Vatican for the bike's 110th anniversary. Motors roared and leather reigned during the Pope's usual Sunday mass. The Pope cruised through the unusual crowd in his open-top jeep and eventually mingled with the bikers. The bikers were in town for a four-day celebration for the company's anniversary. Yesterday there was a parade. Today they took in mass. ...

Bible-burning Egyptian cleric jailed for 11 years Posted: 16 Jun 2013 09:59 AM PDT CAIRO (Reuters) - A Cairo court sentenced an Egyptian Muslim preacher to 11 years in jail for blasphemy on Sunday for burning a Bible during a protest last year outside the U.S. embassy. Convictions for insulting Islam are common in Egypt, ruled by Islamists after the overthrow of President Hosni Mubarak in 2011, but more rare for cases involving the minority Christian faith. Ahmed Mohamed Mahmoud, known as Abu Islam, who runs his own religious television channel, led a demonstration in September against a U.S.-made anti-Islam video posted on the Internet. ...

Biker culture comes to Vatican as Pope Francis blesses hundreds of Harley-Davidsons Posted: 16 Jun 2013 08:37 AM PDT 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.

Pope blesses hundreds of Harley-Davidsons Posted: 16 Jun 2013 08:25 AM PDT VATICAN CITY (AP) — 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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