The Pope sends his apologies to all the meeting participants

[pnwmom]

via a hand-written note read aloud by a Bishop.

He's very busy preparing for another meeting in Greece tomorrow, so unfortunately he will not be able to attend.



http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3542163/Pope-apologies-missing-Vatican-meeting-Bernie-Sanders-rushed-New-York-attend.html

It was very clear to every Catholic I know that in the aftermath of Pope Francis getting tricked into a personal meeting with Kim Davis (an event that resulted in a forced retirement for a top diplomat), he was not going to let himself get berned this time.

[Iliyah]

1. LOL. The written apologies was to all the attendents . . . ALL

After what BS campaigned pull, the Pope stayed away.

[Avalux]

2. I think it's past your bedtime lol. n/t

[pnwmom]

3. Thanks. Spell check betrayed me. n/t

[SoLeftIAmRight]

4. did you know that half the people are below average...

is not really true

mean and mode

[Recursion]

6. Most distributions you actually encounter are Gaussian or nearly so

And in those mean, median, and mode are identical.

[SoLeftIAmRight]

12. close - but no cigar

close but not identical

You went to clean up my mess - and you took it a step too far

many thanks for the great attempt - almost identical

[Cha]

5. KICK

[riderinthestorm]

7. Looks like the Pope just wanted to meet Bernie 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/

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[beam me up scottie]

8. OOPS.

Looks like breakfast here at DU will be egg served on face.

[pnwmom]

9. Looks like Bernie planned to use the Pope to score political points after all!

Never trust a politician! From your link:

"It was a private meeting and was not supposed to become public," the source said.

[beam me up scottie]

10. Spin spin spin!

[riderinthestorm]

11. Lol, today is going to be hilarious nt

[NurseJackie]

13. Then why would some be claiming that the pontiff ...

... sent a personal private note to Bernie?