Pope sends message for Social Week on the dignity of
work
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| Pope Francis speaking about workers' rights during his visit to Cgliari in 2013.- ANSA |
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Thursday sent a video
message to participants in the 48th Social Week for Italian Catholics gathered
in the Sardinian city of Cagliari.
In the lengthy message, the pope focuses on the dignity of
work and the importance of putting people, not profits, at the heart of all
economic systems.
Recalling that in the Bible, there are many people defined
by the type of work they do – from farmers and fishermen, to carpenters or
administrators – Pope Francis says God calls us through our jobs to put our
skills and talents at the service of the common good.
He talks about the different kinds of work, including that
which degrades, humiliates or exploits people through slavery, the arms trade,
the black market, or jobs which offer no security from one month to the next.
The pope speaks of his own conversations with so many people
living in fear of losing their jobs. Such precariousness is “immoral”, he says,
as it “kills” people’s dignity, damaging their health, their families and the
whole of society.
He mentions also those who work in dangerous or unhealthy conditions,
leading to the deaths and injuries of hundreds of people here in Italy. He
expresses his solidarity with all those who are unemployed or underemployed and
are losing hope of ever finding a decently paid job.
The global economic system, the pope says, is focused on
consumerism and not on human dignity or protection of the environment. But this
is as dangerous as trying to cycle on a bicycle with flat tyres, he exclaims!
Finally the pope points to signs of hope, embodied by those
who seek to create better working conditions and more trusting, respectful
relationships in the workplace. Technological innovations must be put to the
service of people and not be seen as an economic idol in the hands of the
powerful.
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