Given that Jeff Weaver said that the trip to the Vatican transcended politics, to say that this was a campaign related would be false and the Sanders campaign might once again be in big trouble with the FEC when they try to write the trip off as a campaign expense. Bernie had no invitation from the Pope. He did not have a meeting with the Pope. He made no speech at the Vatican or at the Vatican Think Tank. He stalked the Pope trying to create the illusion that there was a meeting between the two so that the campaign could put out a photo implying the Pope's endorsement and so that it can try to write off the family trip as a campaign expense. All Bernie did was be a tourist and when the Pope walked by he was courteous and said hello.