2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumAbout that note from Pope Francis...it was addressed to the Conference as a whole...
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
(28,270 posts)for Sanders fans. SMH
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)Response to Surya Gayatri (Original post)
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RufusTFirefly
(8,812 posts)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
(4,246 posts)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
(4,246 posts)AUTOMATED MESSAGE: Results of your alert
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We all know Sanders invited himself and was finally given an OK
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=1744438
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Never vote for an athiest Jew? Bigoted much? How do people like this exist on DU?
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robbedvoter
(28,290 posts)what is the world coming to?
katsy
(4,246 posts)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
(94,727 posts)Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)So, he DID manage to see and talk to the people who really mattered. Sorry for the snub, Bern.
bvar22
(39,909 posts).....serving up a dish of Centrist, Big Bank, weasel to his opponent in front of the World.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)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
(39,909 posts)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
(15,445 posts)George II
(67,782 posts)Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)uponit7771
(90,363 posts)robbedvoter
(28,290 posts)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
(31,170 posts)Hekate
(90,793 posts)Gothmog
(145,554 posts)riderinthestorm
(23,272 posts)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/