Pope Francis has invited young economists and entrepreneurs around the world to help create a ‘new and courageous culture’ that finds new ways to do business, promote human dignity and protect the environment.
‘We need to correct models of growth incapable of guaranteeing respect for the environment, openness to life, concern for the family, social equality, the dignity of workers and the rights of future generations,’ the pope said in a letter inviting young people to take part in a new initiative.
The initiative, to be launched at an event in Assisi from 26th to 28th March 2020, invites young men and women studying or working in the field of economics or business to join the pope and ‘enter into a ‘covenant’ to change today’s economy and to give a soul to the economy of tomorrow’.
