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ucrdem

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Fri Apr 29, 2016, 03:08 PM Apr 2016

Biden and Pope Francis team up against cancer [View all]

Source: CBS-AP

VATICAN CITY -- Casting cancer as a scourge with no boundaries, Vice President Joe Biden came to the Vatican on Friday to call for a global commitment to fund cancer research rooted in appreciation for the real people's lives that doctors and researchers hold in their hands.

Biden, who lost a son to cancer last year, used his appearance at a Vatican conference on regenerative medicine to urge philanthropists, corporations and governments to increase funding and information-sharing in a bid to "end cancer as we know it." He said the world is on the cusp of unprecedented breakthroughs but not enough has been done.

"Cancer is a constant emergency," the vice president said. "Cancer's not a national problem, it's an international problem. It's a human problem. It affects all races, all religions."

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CBS News correspondent Seth Doane says this was the third time the conference had been held at the Vatican, bringing together doctors, patients and philanthropists with religious and government leaders. Biden called it a gathering of "some of the most brilliant minds in the world."

Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/joe-biden-pope-francis-vatican-appeal-for-cancer-research/




U.S. Vice President Joe Biden talks with Pope Francis in Paul VI hall at the Vatican April 29, 2016.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/30/world/europe/joe-biden-speaks-about-faith-and-curing-cancer-at-the-vatican.html
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Bernie teams up with the Vatican and Pope Francis to talk about the worship of money. JDPriestly Apr 2016 #1
Sour grapes. onehandle Apr 2016 #12
Not sour grapes. I just want universal heath care for all because I enjoyed it when I JDPriestly Apr 2016 #19
Just heard on my local news station liberalnarb Apr 2016 #43
Hurrah! Maybe Biden had a private conference that was not reported. JDPriestly Apr 2016 #46
In fairness, this was the Pope's conference and it is great that he brings the people together that karynnj Apr 2016 #16
I agree. I did not mean to put Biden down. I mean that we need universal, truly JDPriestly Apr 2016 #20
I think that has nothing to do with Presidential politics karynnj Apr 2016 #36
Biden is a politician, and truly universal healthcare is a political issue. JDPriestly Apr 2016 #38
yeah fighting inequality is better than fighting cancer CreekDog Apr 2016 #21
Let's do both. We can, and Biden should be leading the effort on both fronts. JDPriestly Apr 2016 #37
You're obviously the one who makes sense in this exchange. +1 BeanMusical Apr 2016 #52
Equally important in my view. nt redwitch Apr 2016 #57
i don't understand why you want Biden to talk about a particular health plan in one nation CreekDog Apr 2016 #45
Because people are paying attention, and because the Pope would love it if he did, I suspect very JDPriestly Apr 2016 #47
:Creekets: BeanMusical Apr 2016 #54
This is good! Iliyah Apr 2016 #2
When you actually MEET the pope... yallerdawg Apr 2016 #6
What a stupid thing to say. BeanMusical Apr 2016 #55
Don't try to divert a special moment such as VP Biden meeting with the Pope on a Thinkingabout Apr 2016 #63
Oh the irony! BeanMusical Apr 2016 #70
Are you kidding me with this comment? tymorial Apr 2016 #84
This is GD-P. yallerdawg Apr 2016 #66
Damn, really? BeanMusical Apr 2016 #71
No. yallerdawg Apr 2016 #74
Thanks for your most valued input, is something that you've probably never heard. BeanMusical Apr 2016 #77
And something YOU will never hear from me. yallerdawg Apr 2016 #80
My heart is broken. BeanMusical May 2016 #92
The glow on Joe's face is priceless. lamp_shade Apr 2016 #3
It's nice to see him smiling again. ucrdem Apr 2016 #4
He had no trouble getting an actual meeting, I see! MADem Apr 2016 #5
I feel sorry for people so filled with hate they respond like this. best wishes to you! JonLeibowitz Apr 2016 #8
Just lonely, scorned old souls I imagine... Nothing to even bother with. eom Purveyor Apr 2016 #11
Are you "so filled with hate" that you feel a need to snark at me, personally, for pointing out MADem Apr 2016 #13
No snark, I just feel sorry for you. JonLeibowitz Apr 2016 #14
Please save your pity for your own self.... MADem Apr 2016 #17
Psst, don't look now but... BeanMusical Apr 2016 #56
Oh, there you are! MADem Apr 2016 #59
Hum... BeanMusical Apr 2016 #61
Hum...or sing along, if you'd rather. MADem Apr 2016 #78
Speaking of rat: BeanMusical Apr 2016 #79
What is that about? "Rat" is a rather pejorative way that cretins like Karl Rove MADem Apr 2016 #83
"The first person to bring up "rat" in this thread was .... YOU" BeanMusical May 2016 #94
Your behavior IS noted. nt MADem May 2016 #95
lol that is so beyond me, BeanMusical senz Apr 2016 #81
And your motivation for pointing out that simple fact? frylock Apr 2016 #25
Hum, my diagnosis is a little Freudian: BeanMusical Apr 2016 #60
This post was about Biden, the Pope and cancer, until it got political at post 1. MADem Apr 2016 #65
C'mon, really? frylock Apr 2016 #68
My problem is with the lack of a concerted campaign for universal healthcare. JDPriestly Apr 2016 #22
Maybe you should read what Biden SAID before you gripe at/about him. MADem Apr 2016 #27
Thanks. That is a great statement, but he should more explicitly stand against the JDPriestly Apr 2016 #32
Good grief. Now it's "not enough?" MADem Apr 2016 #67
We will check with our European friends. JDPriestly Apr 2016 #86
Yeah, don't believe those Euro Greens, they're all a buncha liars! LOL! MADem Apr 2016 #87
This is absolutely true: "They need to teach Personal Finance in public schools." JDPriestly Apr 2016 #89
Speaking of Vice-President Biden: BeanMusical Apr 2016 #69
Mmm hmmm! MADem Apr 2016 #73
Hum, your post is 11 days older than mine. BeanMusical Apr 2016 #76
That's special. MADem Apr 2016 #82
You think? BeanMusical May 2016 #91
First Biden praises Bernie, then he shows up in Iraq, then this. senz Apr 2016 #85
Could the meeting have long been scheduled? No Vested Interest Apr 2016 #39
Of course it was--he was invited, because the Pope wanted to put the spotlight on cancer, MADem Apr 2016 #75
Who invited Biden, and who paid his airfare? Did he fly coach? JustABozoOnThisBus Apr 2016 #7
Bernie didn't "meet" the Pope. They didn't sit down and have a meeting. MADem Apr 2016 #15
Biden is the Vice President. I wish he would also advocate for single payer, non-profit JDPriestly Apr 2016 #26
Single-payer would be the best way to do medical care for all. JustABozoOnThisBus Apr 2016 #35
Biden could edge us further toward that, and should because right now he knows JDPriestly Apr 2016 #49
Apparently you forget his "Big F....king Deal" comment to BHO. MADem Apr 2016 #40
Europe has universal, truly affordable healthcare. There is no excuse for the fact that JDPriestly Apr 2016 #42
When was the last time you were in Europe? Docs went on STRIKE in UK! MADem Apr 2016 #51
I just say that I hope that Biden becomes the strongest advocate out there for universal, JDPriestly Apr 2016 #50
I wouldn't hold my breath if I were you. MADem Apr 2016 #53
Doesn't he hold the "American portfolio" on Curing Cancer? The "Moonshot Brief?" MADem Apr 2016 #23
And that is good, but we need to make sure everyone gets to benefit from that research JDPriestly Apr 2016 #44
As was pointed out in my reply elsewhere about European healthcare, they aren't doing it, either. MADem Apr 2016 #62
I hope he traveled in Air Force Two, especially inasmuch as he went No Vested Interest Apr 2016 #90
Sure seeing a lot of 'ole Joe lately, hmmmm??? eom Purveyor Apr 2016 #9
Can't this just be about Joe Biden and the fight against cancer? LisaM Apr 2016 #10
Post 1 killed that--not the OP. Biden's remarks centered on UNIVERSAL access to cures, which MADem Apr 2016 #30
Yes, that was what I meant. n/t LisaM Apr 2016 #34
Cancer schmancer Enrique May 2016 #96
"Instead of fighting against disability & disease with cures, a never–ending struggle," prevention. proverbialwisdom Apr 2016 #18
Sooooooo... we like the Pope this week, or...? frylock Apr 2016 #24
Sooooo. . . I want universal, single payer, non-profit, affordable healthcare for all JDPriestly Apr 2016 #28
I'm listening... frylock Apr 2016 #31
Funny how that works, isn't it? n/t arcane1 Apr 2016 #29
Funny "haha", or funny "you have to be fucking shitting me with this hypocrisy"? frylock Apr 2016 #33
I think we like the Cancer Moonshot Thing this week. Like we did when Obama rolled it out in JAN. MADem Apr 2016 #41
I got no beef with universal access to a cure for cancer. frylock Apr 2016 #48
Well, I think the "wadding" had to do with a couple of things.... MADem Apr 2016 #58
What's to research? Urchin Apr 2016 #64
I am happy attention is given on cures for cancer, to combine with Pope Francis and more attention Thinkingabout Apr 2016 #72
I love that picture DesertRat Apr 2016 #88
Yes, cancer dkhbrit May 2016 #93
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