Pope Francis invited business leaders on Friday to be "
close to their collaborators
" despite the "
constraints of the economic and financial system
", during a private audience at the Vatican with a hundred French entrepreneurs.
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As in 2019, these business leaders traveled to Rome as part of the Voyage du bien commun, an initiative intended to inspire their actions with the social doctrine of the Church, in partnership with Entrepreneurs and Christian Leaders (EDC). .
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"
The common good (...) can be confronted with the constraints imposed on you by the economic and financial systems, which often mock the evangelical principles of social justice and charity
", declared the Pope in his speech.
Comparing the mission of the Christian leader to “
that of the shepherd capable of showing the way
” but also of “
staying behind the flock to see if no one is left behind
”, the 85-year-old sovereign pontiff invited his interlocutors to be “
close to their employees
”.
"
I urge you to take an interest in their lives, to be aware of their difficulties, their sorrows, their worries
", he declared, inviting them to "
consider seriously the place accorded to all the people of their region. business, including those whose tasks might appear to be of lesser importance
”.
"
The idea of this trip is to get in motion to come back with the desire to serve the common good in our personal and professional lives
", explained to AFP Frédéric Billot de Lochner, one of the organizers.
Concretely, this may concern "
sustainable development, profit sharing, management of the success and resources of the entrepreneur, the distribution of wealth, donation, actions in the service of others ...
" he added, specifying that each participant undertakes to make a donation to an association.
This is the second meeting between the Pope and the participants in the Journey of the Common Good.
In December 2019, the Argentine pontiff advocated “
social justice
” in front of 200 Christian bosses.