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pnwmom

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16. He was speaking at a conference celebrating a 25 year old encyclical about how capitalism
Wed Apr 20, 2016, 05:38 AM
Apr 2016

was the best economic system.

So his principle was . . . what exactly?

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/04/bernie-sanders-pope-francis-meeting/478740/

Let these seeming similarities lead us not into temptation: The alliance between Sanders and Pope Francis is profoundly odd. For one thing, Catholic teachings don’t necessarily line up with Sanders’s stump speech as much as he might like to think. The conference he attended at the Vatican was gathered to commemorate Centesimus annus, Pope John Paul II’s 1991 encyclical that focused on the evils of Marxism and communism. In that document, John Paul II argued that economies exist to serve human freedom, the core of which is “ethical and religious.” He criticized a kind of thinking that “totally reduces man to the sphere of economics and the satisfaction of material needs.” While Sanders has called for economic policies that focus more on poverty than profit-seeking and that incorporate goals like care for the environment, he is absolutely a material thinker. He apparently believes that every policy area, from foreign affairs to women’s rights, can be explained by economic factors; politics, in his view, is neither ethical nor religious, but rather a function of wealth and class. His campaign-trail preaching seems to be in conflict with the very document he flew to Rome to celebrate—not to mention central Church teachings on topics like contraception and abortion, which directly contradict Sanders’s platform.

The Pope was only a factor in Bernie's mind. Skid Rogue Apr 2016 #1
Hmmm, Pope Francis is enormous. The question was whether Hortensis Apr 2016 #22
Maybe he should have gone a little easier on Israel. n/t nolawarlock Apr 2016 #2
Both. nt Skid Rogue Apr 2016 #3
Bernie's the only presidential candidate... GoldenThunder Apr 2016 #4
Interesting you should mention the Vatican and flames nolawarlock Apr 2016 #5
If Clinton had an audience with the Pope how would you react? That Guy 888 Apr 2016 #31
On the contrary ... nolawarlock Apr 2016 #32
I'm no longer a member of the Catholic Church , but the current Pope is the best one I've seen That Guy 888 Apr 2016 #35
Perhaps ... nolawarlock Apr 2016 #37
There are a lot of reasons I'm not a Catholic and that article hits a lot of them. That Guy 888 Apr 2016 #38
Well there is that. nolawarlock Apr 2016 #39
Yeah, Hillary won the Catholic Vote in New York! Cha Apr 2016 #6
Yay! nolawarlock Apr 2016 #7
Well, there's this! Cha Apr 2016 #8
'magine that! nolawarlock Apr 2016 #23
Strongly. And the Protestant vote. But Bernie carried the vote pnwmom Apr 2016 #14
And, she won the Jewish vote.. Cha Apr 2016 #18
Does that mean the frustrated_lefty Apr 2016 #9
Lol! nolawarlock Apr 2016 #10
He went there to speak on an issue important to him. Punkingal Apr 2016 #11
This is untrue. nolawarlock Apr 2016 #12
You are pitiful, like I said. Punkingal Apr 2016 #15
Lol! nolawarlock Apr 2016 #17
He spoke on income inequality at the Vatican, which is an issue he speaks on EVERY DAY. Punkingal Apr 2016 #19
This rage is unhealthy. nolawarlock Apr 2016 #26
What rage is that? Punkingal Apr 2016 #27
Damn nolawarlock Apr 2016 #21
I didn't call you a name. I offered you sympathy for your sad state. Punkingal Apr 2016 #24
Ah. nolawarlock Apr 2016 #28
He was speaking at a conference celebrating a 25 year old encyclical about how capitalism pnwmom Apr 2016 #16
The Pope said if anyone thought the handshake was political pnwmom Apr 2016 #13
That doesn't mean squat ... nolawarlock Apr 2016 #29
Mind you, nolawarlock Apr 2016 #30
The pope is ok, but he's no George Clooney. nt JustABozoOnThisBus Apr 2016 #20
LOL. pnwmom Apr 2016 #25
It backfired! NurseJackie Apr 2016 #33
Appears some of the posters here prefer David Brock to Pope Francis. That says a lot. Impedimentus Apr 2016 #34
Apples and Dinosaurs nolawarlock Apr 2016 #36
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