Politico: Sanders visit to Vatican sows confusion

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Sounds like this was really Sach's doing. He's probably the one who sought the invitation on Bernie's behalf.

Adding to the confusion, Sachs said that he had helped the Vatican arrange the invitation to Sanders. “[But] the academy sent the invitation, it’s pure and simple,” he told The Atlantic. “A lot of people in the Vatican respect him a lot. He is speaking in the same kind of moral themes that Pope Francis, and the social teachings of the Church, promote, which is a moral economy.”

The Rev. Federico Lombardi, director of the Vatican Press Office, told POLITICO, "My information is very simple: the invitation came from the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences for the Meeting 'Centesimus Annus — 25 Years Later.' Therefore we cannot say that it is an invitation from the pope, but from a Vatican institution."

Sanders also clarified to The New York Times that it hadn't been confirmed whether there would be a one-on-one sit-down meeting with the pontiff himself.

Sanders' senior strategist, Tad Devine, told MSNBC he couldn't comment on the mix-up because he didn't have all the details.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/04/bernie-sanders-vatican-conference-221708#ixzz45Hr93qHG
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