Man should return to being at
the centre of the economy, Pope Francis said in a letter to the
World Economic Forum in Davos Monday.
The pope called for the creation of "an inclusive and just
society that gives support" to people.
He said this was "a real moral imperative".
In the missive, addressed to WEF Executive President Klaus
Schwab, the pope cited recurrent financial crises that have
created new challenges for governments "such as the growth in
unemployment, the increase in various forms of poverty, the
widening of the socio-economic gap and new forms of slavery".
In this context, Francis said, it is "fundamental to
safeguard the dignity of the human person, in particular by
offering real opportunities for an integrated human development
and via economic policies that favour the family."
Economic models, the pope said, "must observe an ethic of
sustainable and integrated development, based on the values that
put at the centre the human person and his rights".
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