Overview
- The five-page letter was read at the opening of the Unión Industrial Argentina’s 31st annual conference on November 13.
- León XIV wrote that the economy is not an end in itself and said production and profit should be oriented to each person’s integral development and the common good.
- He emphasized workers’ rights to a fair wage, to form associations, and to live with dignity, while calling industry a driver of development, employment and social dignity.
- The Pope highlighted Argentine businessman Enrique Shaw as a model of socially committed leadership and noted recent steps in his cause for beatification, including a June 17 theological commission approval of a reported miracle.
- The outreach echoes the engagement of Pope Francis with business groups and has prompted discussion of a possible papal visit to Argentina, with no visit announced.