Businesses Must Pursue Workers’ Good Along with Profit, Pope Says

Businesses must pursue workers’ good along with profit, pope says

Although almost 135 years have passed since Pope Leo XIII wrote his encyclical on the economy and labor, Pope Leo XIV said, "The dignity of workers continues, all too often, to be violated."

Pope Leo: The economy must serve the common good

Pope Leo XIV urges Argentina’s industrial leaders to place human dignity and the common good at the heart of economic life, recalling the enduring ...

Pope Leo's namesake predecessor, Pope Leo XIII, penned 'Rerum Novarium,' which remains relevant to economy, labor 135 years later - The Dialog

VATICAN CITY — Although almost 135 years have passed since Pope Leo XIII wrote his encyclical on the economy and labor, Pope Leo XIV — who chose his name to honor that predecessor — said, “The dignity of workers continues, all too often, to be violated.” Pope Leo XIII’s 1891 encyclical, “Rerum Novarum,” was “born in a time of profound industrial transformations,” his successor said, but it remains “strikingly relevant in the globalized world we …