WASHINGTON: Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders briefly met Pope Francis at the Vatican on Saturday, using the lightning visit to align his White House bid with the popular Pontiff's advocacy of a "moral economy."

Sanders, who broke away from the presidential campaign trail to travel to Rome, spoke of the five-minute meeting afterward in interviews with CNN and ABC, calling the Pope "a beautiful man."

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