VEEP: 'I doubt’ Pope Francis embraces Sanders’s ideas

[Rose Siding]

Vice President Biden on Friday said that the Vatican hosting Bernie Sanders does not mean that Pope Francis agrees with the Democratic presidential candidate.

“I just think that Bernie making the trip is a good thing, but to suggest that the pope embraces Bernie’s policies, I doubt that very much,” he told CNBC reporter John Hardwood. "I don’t know, [but] I doubt it very much. No, I don’t think it could be read that way at all.”
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Biden on Friday explained how his understanding of Catholic doctrine might depart from Sanders’s rhetoric.

“I was raised in a tradition called Catholic social doctrine,” he said. "It is that is legitimate to look out for yourself, but never at the expense of someone else. It is legitimate to do well, but never at the expense of not looking at what’s behind you.”

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/276534-biden-i-doubt-pope-francis-embraces-sanderss-ideas

And the Senator did take the opportunity to bad-mouth the US on foreign soil:

“Over very soul as a nation has suffered as the public lost faith in political and social institutions,” the independent Vermont senator said.

“Illicit financial flows, environmental destruction and the weakening of the rights of workers is far more severe than it was a century ago. Our challenge is mostly a moral one, to redirect our efforts and our vision to the common good.”

Lovely. Am I supposed to be proud of how he represents us?

[DemonGoddess]

1. I sure wasn't

He was a JOKE. Speaking at a conference about theology and missionary doctrine for the Catholic Church.

[IamMab]

2. "Sanders insults America on foreign soil" should be a headline somewhere, IMO. nt

[SharonClark]

3. Jews have a similar, but stronger, social doctrine

That is why Jews have been instrumental in social justice movements in this country. Unfortunately, Sanders is using it to bash the Democratic Party.