2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumVatican: Pope Didn’t Invite Bernie Sanders
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/04/10/vatican-pope-didn-t-invite-bernie-sanders.htmlROMENot since Pope Franciss ill-advised meeting with gay marriage opponent Kim Davis has there been so much he said, she said controversy about the pope meddling in American politics.
On Friday, Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders announced that he was very excited about having just received an invitation to speak at a small, invitation-only scholarly conference at the Vaticans Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences celebrating the 25th year anniversary of an encyclical, Centesimus Annus, written by Pope John Paul II on the evils of capitalism.
Francis is not expected to attend the conference, which will take place April 15 and 16 with around 30 participants, including Bolivian President Evo Morales and Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa. Francis will be traveling to Lesbos, Greece, on the 16th to shed light on the Syrian refugee crisis there.
The Vatican spokesman, Father Federico Lombardi, told The Daily Beast that it wasnt the pope who personally invited the politician. The invitation was made on behalf of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, not by Pope Francis, he said. There is no expectation that the pope will meet Mr. Sanders. He then added that he could not completely exclude the possibility, but that nothing was on the agenda at the moment.
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Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)How magnanimous of him!
redstateblues
(10,565 posts)and becoming believers! The Pope and the Catholic Church were roundly bashed on BSS dominated DU when he was installed. It's a miracle. Praise the Lord!!
Lucinda
(31,170 posts)DetroitSocialist83
(169 posts)Are the biggest bunch of sour grapes I have ever seen. One minute you are mad that he got invited, which he did, the next minute you guys are making all kinds of posts bashing the church. If you hate the Catholic Church, and you think sanders has no chance then why don't you just get a life and post something positive about your corrupt criminal wannabe Queen.
MADem
(135,425 posts)MADem
(135,425 posts)People who tried to say this got their posts hidden by the Bernie Brigade!!!
jmg257
(11,996 posts)itsrobert
(14,157 posts)You seen "Wedding Crashers", Now see "Vatican Crashers" coming to a theater near you. Starring Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn, introducing Bernie Sanders in his first feature length motion picture. Watch Bernie use the Pope as a political stunt. It's a laugh riot as Bernie, Owen, and Vince get drunk on the sacramental wine and mistake Pope Francis for Don Rickles wearing a dress.
NV Whino
(20,886 posts)I'm tired of this one.
Barack_America
(28,876 posts)RW smears from the Hillary group?
Say it ain't so!
Gosh, I wonder if Breitbart or the Daily Beast has anything to say about Hillary's emails today? Now that those sources are freely welcomed on DU now.
CentralCoaster
(1,163 posts)The pope doesn't do invitations, personally.
This is big news for Bernie.
Old Codger
(4,205 posts)Already been hashed over and proven to be a non starter already.. you may want to do some real actual research before you post this type of trash.. all this does is make you look sillier