By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – U.S. presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, addressing a Vatican conference on social justice on Friday, decried the “immoral” gap between the world's rich and poor that he said was worse than a century ago. The Democratic hopeful from Vermont has campaigned on a vow to rein in corporate power and level the economic playing field for working and lower-income Americans who he says have been left behind, a message echoing that of Pope Francis. The trip is inconveniently timed for 74-year-old senator, coming four days before a Democratic party primary in New York.
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Sanders at Vatican says rich-poor gap worse than 100 years ago
