Posted on 06/30/2021 6:30:06 PM PDT by marshmallow
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Business leaders must invest more in the common good and less in lining their own pockets, Pope Francis said.
As the economic effects wrought by the pandemic continue to be felt by many, business leaders must be “creative” in finding ways to create employment, the pope said June 30 in a video message to participants in the Argentine Association of Christian Business Executives’ annual meeting.
“Invest in the common good, not (by) hiding money in tax havens,” he said. “Investment means giving life, creating, it is creative. Knowing how to invest, not to hide. One hides when one’s conscience is not clear or when one is angry.”
The association also commemorated the 100th anniversary of the birth of its founder, Venerable Enrique Ernesto Shaw.
Born in 1921, Shaw was arrested during a wave of anti-Catholic sentiment under the administration of Argentine President Juan Peron.
After he was released, he continued advocating for the application of Catholic social teaching in the workplace. He died of cancer in Buenos Aires in 1962. In April, Pope Francis signed a decree recognizing the businessman heroically lived the Christian virtues, a step on the path to sainthood.
In his message, the pope said the “Christian vision of the economy and of society” is vastly different “from the pagan vision or the ideological vision” because it is inspired by Christ and envisions the building of “a community that is fair, economically and socially, for all.”
He also encouraged the business leaders to “not lose sign of the real” and to create an environment where there is work for all.
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Aw...shaddup
Lighten up Francis.
In his message, the pope said the “Christian vision of the economy and of society” is vastly different “from the pagan vision or the ideological vision” because it is inspired by Christ. Indeed, Christ was quite the economist, reminding his disciples that the poor would always be with us.
The executives have a duty to their stockholders.
How many divisions...
Fair, economically and socially for all. Sounds exactly like what Karl Marx would say. The College of Cardinals voted for the current Pope.
You mean like the movie rocketman the vatican invested money into instead of giving it to the poor????
That's quite a stretch. And I'm trying to be nice.
So which one of these categories did Anne Frank fall into?
Lead by example Frank
....says the Chairman of the biggest tax-exempt non-profit on Earth.
The Commie Pope Spews!
Wonder what makes these totalitarians think there even is such a thing as “the common good.”
You’re preaching to the wrong crowd. If you want business funds to be available for such charitable spending ideas, talk to gov’ts about lowering the tax rates on businesses. Gov’ts keep hiking taxes on business thinking that the business can magically create the funds to pay those taxes. The fact is, it is the consumer who pays those taxes via the income the business gets from selling the product. Lower taxes would leave more funds available for charitable work. If I were a business listening to this pitch from the Pope, I would turn the tables on him and tell him: “Convince gov’ts to lower my business taxes by X% and I will give 25% of those tax savings to various charities. I will use the rest to create new jobs for the unemployed.”
Antichrist Papacy has some guts talking about havens.
It seems their entire pagan org is a haven for predator pedophile priests.
Sounds like a Democrat - has no idea about the real world but continues to spout drivel like he does.
Open suggestions to Francis: Resign from what you are doing now, and start your own (assumedly profitable) corporation so we can see how it is done. Otherwise, keep your vapid opinions to yourself.
pot calling kettle black
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