Bernie Sanders Announces Special Vatican Trip | Morning Joe | MSNBC

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1. this is so exciting!

Bernie Sanders plans short hiatus from New York campaign trail to speak at the Vatican

NEW YORK — Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders, an enthusiastic fan of Pope Francis's work, plans to step off the campaign trail next week to speak at a conference hosted by the Vatican on social, economic and environmental issues.

The senator from Vermont is planning to head to Rome immediately after a high-profile debate scheduled here with Hillary Clinton on April 14. He'll speak at the gathering hosted by the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, Sanders said.

“I am grateful to the Vatican for inviting me to talk about an issue that is very dear to my heart, which is how we create a moral economy that works for all of the people rather than just the top one percent,” Sanders said in an interview. “I will also in my remarks be addressing the planetary crisis of climate change and the moral imperative to make sure we leave this planet in a way that is healthy and habitable for future generations.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/04/08/bernie-sanders-plans-short-hiatus-from-new-york-campaign-trail-to-speak-at-the-vatican/

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2. He can't contain his excitement! This is really nice. nt

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3. OK Hillary, it's your turn now. Who invites you? Netenyahu's personal rabbi? nt

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4. What a great thing to wake up to today. Bernie shares the Pope's LOVE for the

downtrodden and very eloquently expressed their shared views in this clip. Thanks for posting!

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5. Saint Francis loved Birds too :)

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8. Wow. Thank you for the gorgeous image. My folks had a St. Francis

statue in their garden and it was beautiful. One good turn deserves another so here is a nice mosaic of Noah and a dove!

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9. Many Thanks! 🐦 Those are beautiful 🐦

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6. I really hope he mentions marriage equality and LGBT rights directly to the pope's face.

He did it at Liberty U...

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7. This is amazingly wonderful.

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10. Hopefully this helps Sanders...

Win some of the Catholic vote. The upcoming primary states have a HUGE devout Catholic population. This couldn't have been timed better.

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11. Sanders Will Travel to Vatican to Speak About the 'Moral Economy'

http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/318-66/36210-sanders-will-travel-to-vatican-to-speak-about-the-moral-economy

Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders, an enthusiastic fan of Pope Francis's work, plans to step off the campaign trail next week to speak at a conference hosted by the Vatican on social, economic and environmental issues.

The senator from Vermont is planning to head to Rome immediately after a high-profile debate scheduled here with Hillary Clinton on April 14. He'll speak at the gathering hosted by the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, Sanders said.

“I am grateful to the Vatican for inviting me to talk about an issue that is very dear to my heart, which is how we create a moral economy that works for all of the people rather than just the top one percent,” Sanders said in an interview. “I will also in my remarks be addressing the planetary crisis of climate change and the moral imperative to make sure we leave this planet in a way that is healthy and habitable for future generations.”

Sanders, who would be the nation’s first Jewish president, often refers to Francis on the campaign trail, praising his leadership on economic and environmental issues. Sanders said he believes he will be the only American public official speaking at the gathering.

“I think the Vatican has been aware of the fact that, in many respects, the pope’s views and my views are very much related,” Sanders said. “He has talked in an almost unprecedented way about the need to address income and wealth inequality, poverty and to combat the greed that we’re seeing all over this world, which is doing so much harm to so many people. … For me, it is an extraordinary honor to receive this invitation.”
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