VATICAN CITY U.S. Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders embraced decades of Catholic social teaching in a brief visit to the Vatican Friday, lambasting some particularly American aspects of the global market system in a bid to match his voice to Pope Francis' cry against the "new idols" of money and wealth.
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In remarks laced with references to church documents, Sanders lauded Francis' repeated call to overcome a "globalization of indifference" -- labeling it "the most powerful name to the predicament of modern society."
"I am told time and time again by the rich and powerful, and the mainstream media that represent them, that we should be 'practical,' that we should accept the status quo; that a truly moral economy is beyond our reach," said the senator.
"Yet Pope Francis himself is surely the world’s greatest demonstration against such a surrender to despair and cynicism," Sanders continued. "He has opened the eyes of the world once again to the claims of mercy, justice and the possibilities of a better world. He is inspiring the world to find a new global consensus for our common home."
"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," the presidential candidate cried out. "It is an issue that we must confront in my nation and across the world."
Sanders was speaking Friday at an event co-hosted by the Vatican's Pontifical Academy of the Sciences and the Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies on the 25th anniversary of Pope John Paul II's 1991 encyclical letter Centesimus Annus
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