Pope calls on economists around the world to think about a new inclusive model

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Pope Francis summoned young entrepreneurs and economics students from around the world to Assisi from March 26 to 28, 2020, to jointly organize a change in the current socio-economic model.

The pontiff issued a letter addressed to "young economists, men and women of business from around the world" to invite them to this event titled "Economics of Francisco", in reference to the poor saint of Assisi.

The goal will be to design a "different economic model that makes people live without killing, includes and does not exclude, humanizes and does not dehumanize, takes care of Creation and does not strip", an event that ends up generating a "pact" to change the current economy

"Dear young people, I know that you are able to listen with your heart to the increasingly painful cries of the Earth and its poor seeking help and responsibility, which ask somebody to answer and not to look away, "says the pope. , always concerned about environmental problems and exclusion.

Francisco asked young people around the world to have the "courage" to be "protagonists of change" and to build a better world.

And he believes that "universities, businesses and organizations are hopeful careers to build other ways to understand the economy and progress, to fight the culture of rejection, to give the word to those who do not have it, to propose new ways of life "

So much so that at the meeting in Assisi, the pope will encourage young people to "promote together, with a" common pact, a process of global change ", non-believers or other denominations and nationalities as well", men of good will ".

These new generations will have the testimony of "some of the best experts in economics, as well as entrepreneurs and businesswomen already committed worldwide for an economy in line with this ideal".

"I invite you all to be the protagonists of this pact, taking charge of an individual and collective commitment to cultivate together the dream of a new humanism that meets the expectations of man and the plan of God", said the Argentine pontiff.