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Letter #28, 2016: Bernie and the Pope[2016-04-14][Engleză]"No meeting of the Pope with Bernie Sanders is foreseen." A senior Vatican official today in Rome"Even if the Pope did meet with him [Senator Sanders], it would not be for political reasons, but for pastoral reasons. The Pope is a pastor. In the end, we are all concerned about saving souls. A meeting would not be an endorsement of one candidate over another, not an encouragement, not that at all. It would be an opportunity to discuss things." The same Vatican official, later in the same conversation ======================== Will Pope Francis Meet with Bernie Sanders? Will Pope Francis meet tomorrow with U.S. presidential candidate Bernie Sanders? Senator Sanders (photo below) is flying to Rome this evening and will be at a Vatican-sponsored conference tomorrow, before returning to the United States on Saturday morning. Pope Francis, who is in Rome today and tomorrow, will also be leaving Rome on Saturday, to fly to the island of Lesbos, in Greece, to visit the thousands of migrants and refugees on that Greek island not far from Turkey. So, if the meeting were to occur, it would have to be during Friday. Will it occur? If the usual protocol is followed, the answer is clearly: "No." Bernie Sanders will not meet with Pope Francis. It will not happen. And this is what Vatican officials are saying. "No meeting of the Pope with Bernie Sanders is foreseen," a senior Vatican official in a position to know told me this afternoon. Father Federico Lombardi, S.J., the head of the Vatican press office, earlier today also threw cold water on the idea of a Bernie-Francis meeting. Lombardi, during a routine briefing in the Vatican press office, when asked if the Pope would meet with the academics and policy makers who are participating in a Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences conference tomorrow (a group that will include Senator Sanders, who will read a 10-minute paper at the conference) said: There wont be a meeting with the Holy Father. And so there will be no "papal photo op" for Bernie to publicize as he continues on the campaign trail against Hillary Clinton for the presidential nomination of the Democratic Party. So this is the latest news. Could There Be a "Francis Surprise"? Still... Pope Francis is a Pope of many surprises. Given his unpredictability, is a meeting with Sanders to be excluded? "I know this is a very sensitive issue," my source told me. "And the truth is, if any political leader decides to publish a picture of himself and the Pope, he really is just trying to show how far away he is from the Pope and the Pope's positions and ways of viewing things. "The Pope is not a politician. He is a pastor. "In his role as a pastor, if he can help someone along, that would be a good thing. Everybody would benefit. "Again, and I have to stress this, no meeting is foreseen. That's clear. "So even if the Pope did meet with him [Senator Sanders], it would not be for political reasons, but for pastoral reasons. "The Pope is a pastor. In the end, we are all concerned about saving souls. "A meeting would not be an endorsement of one candidate over another, not an encouragement, not anything like that. "It would be an opportunity to discuss things." My source noted that there are two other leading Democrats in Rome this month: Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi, who will be in Rome this weekend, and Vice-President Joseph Biden, who will be in Rome at the end of the month. Both of them are Catholics. Bernie Sanders is Jewish. Pelosi would like to attend the Sunday morning Mass celebrated by Pope Francis at 9:30 a.m. in St. Peter's Basilica. The Pope, acting as the bishop of Rome, will ordain 11 new priests on Sunday, April 17. The priests will serve in the diocese of Rome. The youngest is 26 years old, the two eldest are 44. The Pope's Cardinal Vicar for Rome, Agostino Vallini, will concelebrate with the Pope However, at such Masses in the Basilica there are normally no chances to meet the Pope. So there will be no papal meeting with Pelosi, I was told. There also is no meeting scheduled with Biden, my source said. Biden will be in Rome on April 29. He is participating in a conference on cancer and stem cell therapy organized by the Pontifical Council for Culture. Here is an AP report on his visit (link). As for Bernie.... As for Bernie, the chances of a papal meeting now seem slim to none. Its something I would be very proud to see happen, Sanders told The Washington Post. I believe that the Pope has been an inspirational figure in raising public consciousness about the kind of income and wealth inequality we are seeing all over this world. But, in the end, will Bernie meet Pope Francis? We will have to wait and see. Stay tuned... =================== More on the Invitation to Bernie Sanders After Senator Sanders announced last week that he had been invited to Rome and that he expected that he would meet Pope Francis, there was considerable confusion. No one seemed to know exactly who had invited Sanders, and for what purpose. Had Pope Francis issued the invite? One of his staff? Someone else? Was the invitation made with or without the Pope's knowledge? Sursa: www.InsideTheVatican.com Contor Accesări: 815, Ultimul acces: 2026-08-30 20:25:28
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