"You're meeting with the Pope?" "Yup".

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217. It wasn't actually an invite from "the guy running the conference." The woman who is running

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the conference -- the President of the academy -- was the one who said Bernie had lobbied for the invite in a "discourteous way." Meaning, Bernie's people by-passed her and got the invite from a board member.

With the help of one of the invited speakers, Jeffrey Sachs, Bernie somehow did an end run around the woman President/Board Head and scored an invite from the chancellor -- the diocesan official who is a member of the board and whose job is to "assist" the President.

But not quite in this way.



The woman, Prof. Archer, is the President of the Pontifical Academy.

The "guy," Prof. Coronado, is the Chancellor

http://www.pass.va/content/scienzesociali/en/about/council.html


The Council of the Academy consists of the President and five Academicians appointed by the Supreme Pontiff, on the proposal of the President, after consultation with the Academicians. Their term of office lasts five years. They may be reappointed.

In addition the following are members of the Council durante munere:
- the Chancellor appointed by the Supreme Pontiff,
- the Delegate of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace;
- the President of the Foundation for the Promotion of the Social Sciences.

These three members attend the sessions of the Academy with the right to vote. The Council assists the President in everything concerning the direction of the Academy, especially in planning the work and preparing the meetings; it receives the reports on the financial resources.

The Council meets at least twice a year at the Academy's headquarters.
The deliberations of the Academy and its Council are valid when a majority of the members are present and when they are approved by a majority of those present. In the case of parity the vote of the President prevails.



AND WHAT IS A CHANCELLOR?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chancellor_(ecclesiastical)

In the Roman Catholic Church a chancellor is the chief record-keeper of a diocese or eparchy or their equivalent. Normally a priest, sometimes a deacon or layperson, the chancellor keeps the official archives of the diocese, as a notary certifies documents, and generally manages the administrative offices (and sometimes finances and personnel) of a diocese. He may be assisted by vice-chancellors. Though he manages the paperwork and office (called the "chancery&quot , has no actual jurisdictional authority: the bishop of the diocese exercises decision-making authority through his judicial vicar, in judicial matters, and the vicar general for administrative matters.