Pope makes surprise visit to Rome park marking Earth Day
Source: Associated Press
Pope Francis has made a surprise visit to one of Rome ’s main parks to participate in an Earth Day event .
Francis , who wrote an encyclical decrying the exploitation of the Earth ’s environment and resources often at the expense of the poor , went to Villa Borghese , a park filled with Sunday strollers .
He sat on an outdoor stage along with an Italian priest who has courageously denounced Naples -area mobsters for systemically dumping toxic waste on local farmland in a lucrative , illicit operation often serving legitimate businesses.
The pope told the audience that money has become a god “at the center of the world .”
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...for all the world to see what a classless and spiteful man he is. All because she had told the press that Bernie invited himself: "He showed monumental discourtesy...Sanders made the first move, for obvious reasons."
She was correct. Even the Bishop from Argentina who did finally extend the invitation declined to say who initiated it when repeatedly asked by the press. If it had been his own initiative he should have had no problem saying so--clearly there will be some meetings and words about this all well behind closed doors when the dust settles.
There is an established protocol, and in this case, though it was not honored, and the press was already aware, the "invite" that wasn't caused a short coffee/bathroom break time slot to be opened to allow Bernie to give a short speech. They hoped the short spot at an awkward time, long trip, cost, and hassle would all combined together cause Bernie to reconsider and change his mind--averting an awkward situation that by this time the actual Vatican was aware of--thanks to Bernie Sanders himself, on television claiming he had been "invited by the Pope", and then "by the Vatican"--of with neither were true.
How do you miss that the trip to Rome, with the entire extended family, some press, and the SS in tow; for a 40 hour turnaround, on a chartered jumbo jet funded by those $27 contributors; on a manipulated invite by the campaign that caused Vatican embarrassment, and that included an ambushing of the Pope and a hijacking of the press coverage--instead of allowing for the carefully planned trip and media coverage by the Pope as he went on a trip to highlight the ongoing crisis of Syrian refugees; all based on lies brazenly spoken by Bernie Sander's own lips, was nothing more than a political, publicity stunt of epic proportions?
Yowser! 
