About that note from Pope Francis...it was addressed to the Conference as a whole...

[Surya Gayatri]

The note explained that Pope Francis HAD intended to stop by the Conference, but that he was prevented from doing so at the last minute "because he had to get to bed to rest up for his trip to Greece tomorrow."

That's what was announced on MSNBC just now.

They also said that he was obliged to send the note, NOT because of the presence of the Bern, but because some notable and close Latin American friends of Pope Francis are there. That also explains why it was written in Spanish rather than Latin or Italian, the two official languages of the Vatican.

IOW, if the Bern hadn't barged his way in there, Pope Francis would've gone over to see his Spanish-speaking bros.

In diplomatic terminology, it is OBVIOUS that Pope Francis purposely stayed away to avoid the impropriety of the appearance of papal interference in US politics.

I fear the Bern will NOT be framing this for exhibition in his mythical future Presidential library.

Sorry Bernie. No cigar.


Same info available here:

http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2016/04/15/bernie-sanders-at-vatican-city-calls-for-a-more-moral-economy/

[workinclasszero]

1. Yup its another Pinocchio moment

for Sanders fans. SMH

[Hoyt]

2. He definitely stepped in it dropping the Pope's name like they were buds.

[RufusTFirefly]

5. Wow!! You would "NEVER vote for an Atheist Jew for POTUS"???

I'm amazed that you are willing to proclaim your bigotry so proudly.

Welcome to DU, although I'm wondering whether you reached this site by mistake.

[katsy]

7. Bigoted much?

What a disgusting post. You should be ashamed of the anti-semitic statement.

And SBS was invited. You're not entitled to peddle your own fiction as fact.

I alerted you because of your bigotry.

[katsy]

9. I'm shocked this wasn't 7-0 hide.

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[robbedvoter]

12. how very shocking! Facts against BS allowed on DU?

what is the world coming to?

[katsy]

17. Can you read?

No facts alerted on. It was the bigotry.

ON EDIT from the alert to make it simple for you:

" YOUR COMMENTS

Never vote for an athiest Jew? Bigoted much? How do people like this exist on DU? "


So substitute "never vote for a black Christian" or "never vote for a Islamic Muslim" or... Do you understand now?

[brooklynite]

4. Actually, Pope Francis met with Morales yesterday...

[Surya Gayatri]

6. That's what I thought I'd heard out of the corner of my ear.

So, he DID manage to see and talk to the people who really mattered. Sorry for the snub, Bern.

[bvar22]

11. I believe Bernie was busy yesterday,

.....serving up a dish of Centrist, Big Bank, weasel to his opponent in front of the World.

[Hortensis]

18. Bernie must have known there would be no meeting

before he left and chose to go.. I suspect lack of something that could be construed as a papal endorsement is a great disappoint to the radical BSers here, and maybe a few like them elsewhere, but no one else. None was expected. Big deal.

But it is for them. They constantly set themselves up for disappointment by just requiring too much from their leader. Bernie can never be good enough for them. Hillary can never be bad enough. And that seems to be about 90% of what this election is about for too many.. Their good versus Democrat evil.

I'm actually glad Bernie has a large following of normal Democrats who will still respect him and his fight for his goals even if he does not win.

[bvar22]

20. Pure Partisan Speculation.

You can't support a single statement you "supposed".
I'm not surprised the depths to which some have sunk.

I am delighted that Bernie was invited to speak at this conference at the Vatican,
and delighted with his outstanding performance last night. He is recognized by The World as a great man who has worked tirelessly for over 40 years for social and economic justice. THAT can not be denied.

What YOU posted was a sour grape opinion without substance or support.
Cheers!

[Surya Gayatri]

8. Kicking for thorough debunking of blatant lie.

[George II]

10. But Janie said they had to go, "because it's the Pope"!

[Surya Gayatri]

14. These people are approaching Republican clown-car status.

[uponit7771]

22. His advisers are no doubt the half time show

[robbedvoter]

19. and considering her track record with the Catholic community in Vermont

http://www.wcax.com/story/30935632/group-calls-for-fraud-investigation-into-jane-sanders-land-deals
A group of Catholic parishioners want the U.S. Attorney for Vermont to investigate Jane Sanders, the wife of Bernie Sanders, for alleged bank fraud stemming from a land deal she secured as President of Burlington College.

[Lucinda]

13. KNR

[Hekate]

15. KnR

[Gothmog]

16. The letter speaks for itself

[riderinthestorm]

21. A note for the conference and a private meeting for Bernie with Pope Francis

ROME — U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders says he met privately with Pope Francis during his overnight trip here, his spokesman said. 

The meeting took place at the papal residence early Saturday, according Sanders spokesman Michael Briggs. 

A Vatican source said the meeting was not a chance encounter and had been planned. 

The Sanders campaign had been vague about the senator's itinerary here following his address Friday to a Vatican conference. Francis left Rome later Saturday for Greece, where he is visiting migrants stuck on the island of Lesbos. The reticence about a Sanders meeting may be an attempt to avoid the perception that Francis is endorsing Sanders or otherwise involving himself in American politics. 

Sanders was invited to address a Vatican seminar on income inequality and economic justice, and took an unusual break from the Democratic primary campaign trail to attend. He had said in a Washington Post interview last week that he admired Francis and hoped to meet him, but that nothing was set. 

Sanders quotes Francis frequently in his address to the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, and told reporters afterward that the pope has had enormous influence in airing issues of wealth disparity and climate change. 


https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/04/16/italian-media-sanders-met-privately-with-pope-francis/