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In reply to the discussion: "You're meeting with the Pope?" "Yup". [View all]liberal from boston
(856 posts)Why so negative?? BTW, Senator Sanders is more than a guest he is a participant Here is the Vatican Press release. Also sad that the Papal Office had to release a statement debunking the lie that Bernie requested to attend. Why would this Vatican press statement be released? "We're delighted to host this conference to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Centesimus Annus, bringing together world leaders, including US Senator Sanders, Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa, Bolivian President Evo Morales, Academicians of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences such as its President Margaret Archer, and leading scholars such as Professor Daniel Finn, Professor Jeffrey Sachs etc., to examine and discuss changes in politics, economics, and culture in the world these last 25 years in the light of Pope Francis' new encyclical Laudato si'. Our intention is socio-political in the highest sense of the term, because according to art. 1 of our Statutes, the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences was established by the Holy Father John Paul II on 1 January 1994 with the aim of promoting the study and progress of the social sciences, primarily economics, sociology, law and political science. "
Title I - Constitution and Aims of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences