Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Barak Obama faced tough questions at the Compassion Forum held at Messiah College Sunday. John Meacham, Newsweek editor, and Campbell Brown of CNN asked such questions as “Why does a loving God allow suffering?”

Senator Clinton answered, “I don’t know. I can’t wait to ask Him.” She added, “For whatever reason it exists, it’s a call to action.”

Senator Obama was asked about his comments that “bitter” voters in Pennsylvania were “clinging to guns or religion.” He answered that faith “a bulwark, a foundation when other things aren’t going well” and that, as a “devout Christian,” he wasn’t “demeaning” his faith.

Presumptive Republican candidate, John McCain, was invited to join the forum but did not attend.

Read the complete transcript at CNN.