ROME, Vatican City, April 15 (UPI) — Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders arrived at the Vatican on Friday, delivering a speech underscoring his core message that America needs to build a “moral economy.”
The overnight trip comes hours after he and his rival Hillary Clinton engaged in an often-hostile debate Thursday night, and just days ahead of the crucial New York primary.
“The issue of wealth and income inequality is the great economic issue of our time, the great political issue of our time, and the great moral issue of our time,” Sanders told the Pontifical Academy on Social Sciences conference. “It is an issue that we must confront in my nation and across the world.” READ MORE OF THIS STORY