Put people before profits, Pope urges accountants' group
November 14, 2014
Christians in the financial world must resist the “strong temptation to defend one's own interests without worrying about the common good, without paying too much attention to justice and legality,” Pope Francis said in a November 14 address to the World Congress of Accountants.
The Pope observed that accountants are in a position to notice the difficulties suffered by people who have lost their jobs, or young people unable to find work, or immigrants working without legal protection. He said that it is crucial “always to place man and his dignity at the center,” opposing a mentality that judges economic affairs purely on a monetary basis.
“It is not enough to give concrete answers to economic and material questions,” the Pope said; “it is necessary to promote and cultivate the ethics of the economy, finance and work; it is necessary to keep alive the value of solidarity as a moral attitude, an expression of attention to others and all their legitimate needs.”
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