Pope to Davos Economic Forum: Opportunites for integral development
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| Photo outside the Davos Congress ahead of the opening of the World Economic Forum.- AFP |
Pope Francis in a message for the opening of the World
Economic Forum in Davos, says it is vital to safeguard the dignity of the human
person, in particular by offering to all people real opportunities for integral
human development.
The
World Economic Forum was established in 1971 as a not-for-profit
foundation and has its headquarters in Geneva.
It’s aim is to demonstrate entrepreneurship in the global
public interest while upholding the highest standards of governance and brings
together people from all walks of life who can promote positive change.
In his message to the Executive Chairman of the Forum,
Professor Klaus Schwab to mark the opening of the annual meeting in Davos, Pope
Francis notes that this year’s theme Creating a Shared Future in a
Fractured World is very timely adding that “at the level of global
governance, we are increasingly aware that there is a growing fragmentation
between States and Institutions.”
Fractured World
The recurring financial instabilities, he says, “have
brought new problems and serious challenges that governments must confront,
such as the growth of unemployment, the increase in various forms of poverty,
the widening of the socio-economic gap and new forms of slavery, often rooted
in situations of conflict, migration and various social problems.”
The Pope reiterates that “men and women risk being reduced
to mere cogs in a machine that treats them as items of consumption to be
exploited, with the result that – as is so tragically apparent – whenever a
human life no longer proves useful for that machine, it is discarded with few
qualms” .
Policies that favour the family
In this context, the Pontiff stresses it is vital to
safeguard the dignity of the human person, in particular by offering to all
people real opportunities for integral human development and
by implementing economic policies that favour the family.”
Artificial Intellegence
In his message the Pope also says that the world of labour
is called upon to take courageous steps in order that ‘being and working
together’ is not merely a slogan but a programme for the present and the
future”. Appealing for the proper monitoring of artificial
intelligence, Pope Francis calls for robotics and other technological
innovations to be employed so that they "contribute to the service of
humanity and to the protection of our common home, rather than to the
contrary,..."
Speaking about the plight of vulnerable and suffering
people, he underlines that “we cannot remain silent in the face of the
suffering of millions of people whose dignity is wounded, nor can we continue
to move forward as if the spread of poverty and injustice had no cause.”
Throwaway Culture
Pope Francis goes on to say that it is “a moral imperative,
a responsibility that involves everyone, to create the right conditions to
allow each person to live in a dignified manner. By rejecting a
“throwaway” culture and a mentality of indifference, the entrepreneurial world
has enormous potential to effect substantial change by increasing the quality of
productivity, creating new jobs, respecting labour laws, fighting against
public and private corruption and promoting social justice, together with the
fair and equitable sharing of profits.”
Concluding his message the Pope comments that “now is the
time to take courageous and bold steps for our beloved planet. This is
the right moment to put into action our responsibility to contribute to the
development of humanity.”
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