LA Times: Bernie Sanders interrupts campaign for trip to Vatican but doesn't meet Pope Francis
CROSS-POSTED IN GD-P. REC OVER THERE:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511746240
Bernie Sanders did not get to meet the pope on Friday, but he got to rail against the inequalities of capitalism at a Vatican conference during an unusual, lightning visit to Rome, days before the crucial New York presidential primary.
Although polls show he trails rival Hillary Clinton in New York, which votes Tuesday, the Democratic senator from Vermont interrupted his insurgent campaign to cross the Atlantic to emphasize the same economic critique that has propelled his candidacy all year at home.
As Sanders entered the hall, a note sent by Pope Francis was read out in which the pontiff apologized for his absence, explaining he was preparing to visit the Greek island of Lesbos on Saturday, where he will visit a Syrian refugee camp.
“As you know, I had envisaged coming today, around 7 p.m., to greet the participants of the workshop,” he wrote. “Yesterday I realised that today was going to be very complicated because of my trip to Lesbos."
Sanders denied that he believed his invitation to the Vatican gave his campaign papal backing. Sanders aides have denied the trip was aimed at appealing to Catholic voters in New York.
It is possible the pope decided against meeting Sanders to avoid another plunge into the uncharted waters of this year's U.S. presidential campaign.
http://www.latimes.com/world/europe/la-fg-vatican-sanders-20160415-story.html
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Il Papa snubbed his duplicitous butt.
Sorry Bernie. Your campaign's appropriation of Francis' photo and pronouncements is a fraud, not to mention in extremely dubious taste.
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He was apparently also under some confusion about which Pope's work was being discussed.
