Pope Says ‘Good Manners’ Behind Brief Encounter With Sanders
- A `handshake' as Francis heads to Greece for refugee visit
- Democrat traveled to Rome to speak at economic conference
Sanders Says It Was a ‘Real Honor’ to Meet Pope Francis
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Bernie Sanders repeated again and again that he hoped to meet Pope Francis on his visit to the Vatican. He got the wished-for encounter on Saturday with some help from the pope’s aides, but Francis downplayed the event as “a handshake.”
“I greeted him and his wife, a handshake and nothing more,” Francis told reporters during a flight to Rome from the Greek island of Lesbos, the ANSA news agency reported. “It’s called good manners. If someone thinks a greeting means getting mixed up in politics, it’s time to look for a psychiatrist.”