Sanders in Vatican Praises Popes—But Francis Sends Apologies
- U.S. presidential candidate fails to get meeting with pontiff
- Sanders quotes popes, targets `financial criminality'
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, sitting in the back of the car, is welcomed by supporters upon his arrival at the Vatican to attend a conference on April 15, 2016.
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U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, speaking on an ultra-brief visit to the Vatican, quoted several popes at length and praised the Catholic Church’s moral teachings on the market economy. But he failed to have his much-desired meeting with Pope Francis.
Sanders, attending an international conference on Friday, targeted “financial criminality” on Wall Street and quoted Francis’s denunciation of the “worship of the golden calf.”