Pope Encourages Business Leaders To Align With Young People

October 24, 2022240 views0

Pope Encourages Business Leaders To Align With Young People

2022-10-24T09:34:15+01:00

By Church News

While speaking at the 27th world congress of UNIAPAC in Rome recently, Pope Francis urged business leaders to use their God-given gifts to work towards a more caring and inclusive economy.He encouraged Christian businessmen to form “a new alliance” with young people to learn and create together an economy for the common good.“Today, there are hundreds, thousands, millions and perhaps billions of young people who are struggling to access the formal economic systems or even to have access to their first paid jobs where they could apply in a practical way their academic learning, acquired skills, energy and enthusiasm,” the pope said.He added, “I would encourage you, mature and successful business leaders and entrepreneurs, to consider a new alliance with the young people who have developed and committed themselves to such a new covenant.”The pope further encouraged members of UNIAPAC to create a new economy for the common good that is inclusive and supports integral human development.“There is no doubt that our world urgently needs a different kind of economy: one that brings life not death, one that is inclusive and not exclusive, humane and not dehumanizing, one that cares for the environment and does not despoil it,” he said.He also told the members about the “good news” that came out of the young people’s recent gathering in Assisi, “where St. Francis and the early friars embraced poverty and proposed a radical new economy to the business leaders of his era.”Pope Francis, in conclusion, encouraged business leaders to be patient with young people, “because it is true there may be problems, but they have a nose for being able to see the right path.”“Please walk with them, teach them and learn from them as you shape together a new economy for the common good,” he said.UNIAPAC is a Paris-based, ecumenical organization for Christian business executives from all over the world to promote Christian social values in businesses and society and to build an economy that serves the dignity of the human person and the common good.ALSO READ Pope Francis To Dialogue With African University Students