So did the Pope write a letter directly to Bernie or did he write a letter to the conference?

[Cali_Democrat]

There seems to be some confusion surrounding this.

Can anyone provide more insight into this?

Thank you in advance.

[bettyellen]

1. it is a dressed to ____ brothers. so nope, not a personal note.

[NurseJackie]

2. It was a letter to the group. Not to any individual. Not to Bernie.

The Pontiff is much too smart for that.

Edit: Someone posted this. It appears to be legit.

[jmg257]

3. Maybe there were 2 letters? But not likely. Nt

[LexVegas]

4. It was to Bernie directly. nt

[Maru Kitteh]

17. No. It was a note to the conference as a whole. Supporters of his just had a little P.E.

with the note and then got lost in the afterglow.

[morningfog]

5. What a strange and unhealthy obsession.

[berniepdx420]

6. What's your thoughts on hilldawg saying she has always supported a $15 min wage.. you must get

tired of wading through all her flip flops to try and dig a dig on Bernie

[Cali_Democrat]

7. My OP is specific to the letter

If you want to discuss the minimum wage, you're more than welcome to create an OP on the subject.

Thanks.

[berniepdx420]

10. Way to dodge a very simple straight forward question.. My point was the heavy lifting done by

hilldawg supporters to wade through the super obvious flip flops by her just to try and find(manufacture) a scrap of nothing to attack Bernie... and your response only illustrates that further.. thanks.

[beam me up scottie]

8. ...

[grasswire]

11. LOLOL

I suggested many hobbies in another thread that would make life better for those who are obsessing about Bernie.

[beam me up scottie]

12. I am loving every minute of this, watching the butthurt is quite entertaining.

[grasswire]

15. Must be time to buy stock in ANUSOL.

Sheesh.

[beam me up scottie]

16. Yep. Although there is something else that can help:

[Jefferson23]

9. lol

[NCTraveler]

13. I'm sure under the new "consensus" around here that this will be hidden.

But I'm not sure why a note from a sexist bigot would be a big deal in the first place. Yes, I got a post hidden for calling the Pope what he is; a sexist bigot.

[Cali_Democrat]

18. Welcome to neo-DU

Where the Pope is, in fact, God.

[flor-de-jasmim]

14. It is addressed to DEAR BROTHER (in the singular)

[MADem]

19. It's addressed to Bishop Sanchez Sorondo. Look at the top line. He's the Querido Hermano.

It is customary for the Pontiff (whoever he is) to come by these events at the ten Pontifical Academies (JP and Benedict were especially fond of stopping by and even addressing the conferences of the Academy of LIFE) and pose for a picture with the group after the conference, maybe say a quick hello. No in-depth stuff, just grip/grin. This isn't unusual, he does it all the time, even though he doesn't normally attend the conferences or horn in on the discussions--the idea of these autonomous academies are that they formulate independent thinking, and they present that thinking to the Pontiff so that he can get a sense of what OTHERS are saying about this issue or that.

He sent the note to say he wasn't going to stop by, as he normally does -- that he had an early flight to Lesbos.

[Cha]

20. That was nice of the Pope to send a note the group.. BS better not be saying it was directly

to him.

[riderinthestorm]

21. Better than a note, Bernie met with Pope Francis personally

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/

[beam me up scottie]

22. I'm sure Bernie thanked the pope in person.

[delrem]

24. The word isn't "squirrel!", it's "Pope!"

But it's fun watching them run after it.

[beam me up scottie]

25. Crow for breakfast today! Yum yum!

[delrem]

28. Bernie did an excellent job, so far as I've seen in the intro, and I'm a VERY lapsed RC.

Hopefully his entire speech will appear on youtube?

I'm an unreconstructed insider-opponent of dogmatic RC values, and wow have I ever seen it from the inside.

I think Sanders does the right thing by avoiding confrontation on the particulars of the sex/sin issues, even while totally opposing every conservative/fundamentalist ruling that would discriminate and punish people for being who they are. And oh, does the RC church and the world have enough of that kind of crap! It's not just the RC church, but nevertheless the RC church is huge in number. It is one vestige of the Holy Roman Empire that lives on today.

[northernsouthern]

27. The pope went you a gift too.

Oh I meant gif...

v

[Zen Democrat]

30. He better not, huh? Now you can close your mouth chomping down on a big plate of warm crow.

[delrem]

23. You seem terribly confused by this. Consternated, even.

I suggest a valium or something, and wait for next week when it might've gone away.

[northernsouthern]

26. He wrote it to my mom.

Then my mom called Bernie and said you better write him back cause you know it is polite. And I was like mom! And she was like what, why can't you write your mother once in a while? And I was like fine and stomped out of the room.

[Cha]

29. KICK!

[beam me up scottie]

31. Oh yes, let's keep kicking these threads, how do you like your eggs?

[Cha]

32. KICK!

[Vinca]

33. Just speaking for myself, I'm not in direct contact with either Bernie or Jane.

They don't consult me on a daily basis about what they're doing. I'm just guessing, but I imagine there is no one on this site who chats with them daily and has an opportunity to ask the question you're posing. I have a question for you though. Don't you realize this particular "slur du jour" is spent? Time to move on to another faux scandal.

[polly7]

34. Bon appétit!

[Betty Karlson]

35. Handwritten notice to the conference, handshake for Bernie (in private meeting)

so Sanders was 100% correct right from the start, and the Hill-bullies were 100% jealous right from the start.