Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) said in an interview aired Sunday that meeting with Pope Francis was a “very moving experience.”
The Pope met briefly with Sanders on Saturday. Sanders was asked to respond on CNN’s “State of the Union” to Vice President Joe Biden saying that it shouldn’t be suggested that the Pope’s meeting was an endorsement.
Pope Francis himself emphasized that the meeting was not a political endorsement, but “good manners.”
Sanders said that “no one is suggesting that the Pope is embracing my policies.”
“What I will tell you is I was very proud to have been invited by the Vatican to an important conference dealing with morality in economics,” Sanders said. “And the fact that I was invited there was very — for me, a very moving experience.”